Helen Keller wrote, "If we trust, if we relinquish our will and yield to the Divine will, then we find that we are afloat on a buoyant sea of peace and under us are the everlasting arms."Pro 29:25 The fear of man is a cause of danger: but whoever puts his faith in the Lord will have a safe place on high.
As D. L. Moody said, "Trust in yourself, and you are doomed to disappointment; trust in your friends, and they will die and leave you; trust in reputation, and some slanderous tongue may blast it; but trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time or eternity." Luther gave a similar testimony when he said, "I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."
Psa 40:2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain. 3 And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord. 4 Happy is the man who has faith in the Lord, and does not give honor to the men of pride or to those who are turned away to deceit.
Several years ago a man encountered the idea that we should live our lives in such a way that when we die even the undertaker will be sorry that we are gone!
The saying is that life begins at 40. It really begins when we want it to begin!
· At age 71 an agent turned down Jack Benny thinking he was washed up. Jack found another agent and fulfilled twelve million dollars more in bookings before he died at the age of 81.
· Moses was 80 when he received the Law.
· Aaron was 83 when he began to perform miracles and plagues in Egypt.
· Joshua was 85 when he led Israel into the promised land.
· Will Durant sold a series of television programs at the ripe young age of 91.
· Frank Lloyd Wright created the magnificent Guggenheim Museum at 89.
· Colonel Sanders was in his 60s when he sold his first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise.
These are just some examples that will prove that `age` is relative.
A University study says that if we are physically well, and keep active as we get older, we can enjoy people, laugh at ourselves, and get as much out of life at 90 as we could when we were 40!
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