God doesn’t change with the years!

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 NKJV)

 I wouldn’t fear old age if I were you. Some of you are so fearful and think that old age brings all sorts of troubles and inconveniences and is so miserable. My life has been gloriously adventurous, and I would say excitingly wonderful as a Christian, unbelievably victorious at times, through the Lord Jesus Christ.
 But I do confess that without the Lord, it would have been tediously humdrum and filled with disappointments and failures. I’ve talked to so many people who are haunted by a sense of futility, and they’re restless and have an unnamed hunger because they don’t have the Lord and they don’t have real faith in God.
 Sometimes we see how fearful people are and how they even fear the years that are coming upon them. Why, God doesn’t change with the years! The Lord is just the same and His promises are just as true. His Word is just as much for one who is old as for one who is young. He remains ever the same.
 In sudden emergencies and trials that are sometimes prolonged, He fulfills His promises just the same as He did in your youthful days. I will not fail thee in old age, He is saying. If you are in the midst of great stress, do not lose courage. He says, “I’ll not in any wise forsake thee.” And He means it for you! —Virginia Brandt Berg [1]

I’m not looking for the sunset,
As the swift years come and go.
I’m looking for the sunrise
And the golden morning glow,
Where the light of heaven’s glory
Will break forth upon my sight
In the land that knows no sunset,
Nor the darkness of the night... —A. S. Reitz, 1879-1966

[1] Anchor Old Age and Victory