As a ten-year-old boy, I used to be able to easily jump over a three-foot high chain link fence. I would walk up to that fence, put my hand on the fence post and nimbly jump it. But as I have grown older, I not only cannot jump that three-foot high fence any longer, there are some other strange things happening to me as well such as: Print in the Bible is getting much smaller; the light is dimmer; highway signs are more blurry; hills are steeper; belts are shorter; and shoes are moving farther away (shades of Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 NLT).
The apostle Paul must have alluded to some similar experiences, when he stated:
“Therefore we do not lose heart even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day“ (2 Corinthians 4:16).
With regards to my getting older, I know Paul’s former statement in the above passage is true, and I pray to God daily that the latter statement is too.
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
The apostle Paul must have alluded to some similar experiences, when he stated:“Therefore we do not lose heart even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day“ (2 Corinthians 4:16).
With regards to my getting older, I know Paul’s former statement in the above passage is true, and I pray to God daily that the latter statement is too.
—Mike Riley, Gospel Snippets
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