And Then It Is Winter

Common Sense Commentary: Every season of aging has it's own benefits and liabilities. I have now seen all four of them and can honestly say that each has an equal weight of blessings, challenges and yes, even difficulties.  I would like to be rid of the difficulties but I wouldn't exchange old age to be young again. I have enjoyed all of my 82 years, but.... one life on this earth is enough for me.  I don't want to live, on this earth,,, beyond whatever time God has for me. I can't think of anything more undesirable than to live beyond 100 years with physical pain, failing memory, weakness and burdening those I love most.  No, winter is the last season of the year and of the four seasons of life as well. But, in the four seasons of life, there will never be another Spring .... except the resurrection, and that's good enough for me.  I think heaven will be eternal Spring, youth, health and happiness....  There are no more tears or pain or old age ... where Jesus and our heavenly Father are.  Join us there ... I want to see you, my friend,  .... forever and ever and ever. RB

 

AND THEN IT IS WINTER

          Author Unknown

 

You know. . . time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young, just married and embarking on my new life with my mate. Yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all. I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams.

 

But, here it is... the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise... How did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my youth go? I remember well seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

 

But, here it is... my friends are retired and getting gray... they move slower and I see an older person now. Some are in better and some worse shape than me... but, I see the great change... Not like the ones that I remember who were young and vibrant... but, like me, their age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see and never thought we'd be. Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore... it's mandatory! Cause if I don't on my own free will... I just fall asleep where I sit!

 

And so... now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things that I wish I had done but never did!! But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last... this I know, that when it's over on this earth... it's over. A new adventure will begin!

 

Yes, I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done... things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime.  

 

So, if you're not in your winter yet... let me remind you, that it will be here faster than you think. What ever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly! Don't put things off too long!! Life goes by quickly. Do what you can today, as you can never be sure whether this is your winter or not! You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life.

 

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I am not the author, but I must add this. When it is over on this earth, we will discover that this life was only the preliminaries to see who will participate in the main event of eternal youth, health, happiness and eternal Spring ... in God's very presence. RB

"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them... Ecc.12:1-5