I’ve been having fun with restoring old photographs through the use of AI. There is also a means of animating some of those images or creating something new out of something old. In fact, you can remove all your wrinkles, lose just the right amount of weight, have the perfect haircut and look like a movie star if you wish. It is another way to fill time when your life is getting less complicated and you’re moving slower. What you can’t do is actually make those things a reality.

As time goes by, our bodies move slower. Our minds need to take a while to digest things. Our friends are dying, needing new parts or becoming disabled. The world around us seems to be taking on a totally different bend and we wonder what ever happened to the good old days.

When you go to purchase a bottle of fine wine, you probably look at the age of that beverage in hopes of buying something extra special.  The same applies to cheese.  The older the better.  There are a few other things in this world that take on prestige as they age, but that often doesn’t apply to human beings. Especially in a society that has lost all reverence for the elderly, or simply are unable to cope with seeing their parents growing older. Many folks my age are living full and active lives.  Many have decided to wait for God to carry them home and have given up.  Some have already lost their spouses and are trying to move on.  This stage of life is one filled with much struggle, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, feeling useless and longing for heaven.

Age can either perfect you or cause you to rot and decay.  I prefer to be part of the group that refuses to give in to the common misconceptions of aging. It starts by maintaining relationships with friends and family. Choose to associate with those who will enrich your life; those who make you laugh; those who care; those who accept you as you are. At the same time, return the favor. If you have trouble with hanging onto or forming new friendships, there is One who loves you unconditionally – even with all your flaws, wrinkles and crumbling body.  God places each of us in high esteem and has prepared a mansion for us after we depart this ever changing veil of tears.

Life doesn’t have to be filled with angst and thoughts of death.  It should be rich right up until your last breath.  When you’re blessed to have someone to share life with, you possess a bonus of joy which will keep you going to the end – which is really just the beginning.

Philippians 3:20-21  For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

THANK YOU, JESUS, FOR ANOTHER DAY!