Birthday
By Jon Walker
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 (NIV)
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On my most recent birthday, my sister sent me this message -
The bad news: “Therefore we do not lose heart, even though outwardly we are wasting away . . .”
Did I mention this is my older sister, and as I like to remind her, she will always be my older sister?
But she also added -
The good news: “. . . even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.”
God’s mercies are fresh each morning, and by God’s Spirit, we are renewed within each day. Every day we come closer and closer to being one like Christ, and every day our hearts get closer to matching the beat of God’s heart.
We may be wasting away on the outside, but our spirit is renewed day by day and our connection to God never grows old.
If you have creaky joints, arthritic hands, weakened eyes, a slow step, an ear that struggles to hear, or a heart that beats to the sound of a cholesterol drummer, be encouraged!
God is preparing a grand birthday-like celebration for the day you arrive in heaven, where you’ll no longer age because you’ll be home in the land of the ageless.
“Worship GOD in adoring embrace, Celebrate in trembling awe” (Psalm 2:11 MSG).
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