most important text message - dec 08

Better is a needy but wise child than an old but stupid king.—Eccl. 4:13.

A Christian elder in West Africa visited an aged anointed brother and asked him, "How are you doing?" The brother responded, "I can run, I can skip, I can jump, and I can hop," attempting to act out his words as he said them. "But," he added, "I cannot fly." His intent was understood. ‘What I can do, I am glad to do, but what I cannot do, I do not do.’ The elder who made that visit is now in his 80’s, and he fondly remembers that brother’s sense of humor and his loyalty. The godly qualities that an older person manifests can make a long-lasting impression on others. Of course, age alone does not automatically produce wisdom and Christlike qualities. The Bible states: "Gray-headedness is a crown of beauty when it is found in the way of righteousness." (Prov. 16:31) If you are advanced in years, do you appreciate just how your words and actions can affect others beneficially? w07 6/1 2:1, 2