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Reading for December 28

Aging Gracefully

by Dave Quintana - Servants of the Word

I have substantial and only growing respect for those that grow old gracefully. For many it turns out to be life's greatest challenge. I love these quotes from Henri Nouwen's "Aging": "We hear people talking about the old country, the olden days, and old friends, as if their pains and joys had composed a melody that is growing to a silent climax. Then we know that slowly but surely, in the broken, beaten faces of the many who belaboured the world for years and years, a new light has become visible—a light that cannot die because it is born out of growing old. Only as we enter into solidarity with the aging and speak out of common experience, can we help others to discover the freedom of old age." As years come and years go, we do well to learn from those who gracefully go before us. As has been said, "we see far only because we have stood on the shoulders of those who have gone before us". This is a good time of year to take a step up, and to look a bit further ahead, and to receive the gift of freedom from those who age gracefully before us.

And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phan'u-el, of the tribe of Asher; she was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years from her virginity, and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. Lk 2:36-37 RSV

Daily Meds from the Q Source
by Dave Quintana, published byTabor House, 2012

Dave Quintana's daily meditations and Bible readings to stir our minds and kindle our hearts in 2013. He explores themes important to all who search to be wise men and women in the Lord, and provides a wealth of personal experience from living and ministering in Central America, Asia, Europe, and the United States. Expect to be challenged. Expect to be inspired. Expect to meet the living and loving God. 

Dave Quintana is the Presiding Elder of the Servants of the Word, a missionary brotherhood of men living single for the Lord. He currently lives in Detroit, Michigan.

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