Beginning a new year when you're old

Taken from “Can I Begin Again?” by J. Oswald Sanders:

“When we were younger, most of us who are Christians earnestly sought to discover God’s plan for our lives, especially when we came to the crossroads of career and marriage. Are we equally diligent in seeking his plan for our old age, or are we just drifting along with no definite aim or goal? With more time to review the past, it is not difficult to become discouraged as we recall opportunities missed; a lessening of zeal in God’s service; a mediocre prayer life; or perhaps actual sins of which we have reason to be ashamed. It is at moments of introspection that we need to turn our eyes outward and upward to our loving and understanding Father. What balm a verse like Romans 5:20 can bring! “But where sin increased, grace increased all the more.” The wonderful thing about God’s abundant grace and favor is that it is never too late to discover and follow God’s plan for the remainder of our lives, never too late to make a new start, even if we have missed his plan till the present time. To his disillusioned compatriots, the prophet Joel brought an inspiring message of hope - the hope of a New Beginning. God delights in giving his failing children a chance to begin again...”I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten” (Joel 2:25).

Shared from cousin Gayle's weekly newsletter