Love and Death make us all children — Can old age be an evil thing, which does the same?
Childhood is among the most precious gifts that God has given us. It is a period of trust, a time of experiencing and exploring new things, and a sense of security without even realizing it. In Western society the children grow up too quickly. With constant exposure to television and adult drama played out in the home, children begin to imitate, to mimic adult behavior, whether it be good or bad.
Before long the child begins to desire those privileges and responsibilities that only an adult can “enjoy.” Oh, to remain a child for a bit longer! One of the most amazing abilities of the human mind is to remain young and healthy while abiding in frail or broken bodies. While asleep, the crippled dream of walking, the blind dream of seeing, and the elderly dream of bygone days of youth.
Trust is a key quality in childhood. Love is not complete until trust is initiated. Death is embraced when we trust that more life follows. Jesus said in John 21:18, “when you are old … someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.” Ironically, the aged are forced to trust for their survival — something that came naturally to them as a child.
God wants us all to be childlike without being childish. He desires to relate to us on our level, just as an adult gets down on the floor with the youngster, the difference being that God will begin to remove the spiritual toys that harm, the ugliness that separates and the pride that feeds bad behavior.
Love has no motive, but to trust, yield and embrace. Death has no hold; it is but a door that opens for us to take our first steps into the new life. Aging is the culmination of years of learning through failure, increasing in knowledge and gaining the wisdom needed to become the perfect child of a perfect Father.
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