Being old isn’t easy. It has its compensations, but it is, in many ways, tough. After all, the cumulative effects of sin upon the body are ordinarily felt in old age. The prospect of death is there, of course. But so long as one has his relationship to God in order, he need not think of it with fear. What he might fear, however, is the process by which the transition into glory is made. It could mean much pain, the loss of essential faculties and the like. It might mean burdening family members unduly. It might mean the expenditure of large sums of money. It could easily cause the loss of independence. It’s this part that’s the most scary.
Old age does have its compensations, as I said. Although we aren’t an oriental country where old age is revered, we older folk (do you like the sound of that word?) do find people in general considerate of our infirmities and foibles. We get to sit in the soft chairs (even thought we may have more trouble getting out of them than rising up from the higher ones). There are the senior citizen advantages. There are the extraordinary birthday parties
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