{"id":8892,"date":"2022-05-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8892"},"modified":"2022-05-03T20:10:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T00:10:19","slug":"our-golden-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/our-golden-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Golden Years!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Our Golden Years! 5\/13\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=c9gr4-1219243-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Old age can be a most rewarding period of life.<\/strong>  For those who have found the satisfaction of a loving and close relationship with the Heavenly Father through faith in Jesus, the\u00a0<em>&#8220;sunset years&#8221;<\/em> can be more appropriately labeled the\u00a0<em>&#8220;golden years&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry Durbanville felt that way. In his book\u00a0<strong><em>The Best Is Yet To Be<\/em><\/strong>  he wrote,\u00a0<em>&#8220;I feel so sorry for folks who don&#8217;t like to grow old&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI revel in my years. They enrich me&#8230;I would not exchange&#8230;the abiding rest of soul, the measure of wisdom I have gained from the sweet and bitter and perplexing experiences of life.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cNor would I exchange the confirmed faith I now have in the&#8230;love of God, for all the bright and uncertain hopes and tumultuous joys of youth. Indeed, I would not!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThese are the best years of my life&#8230;The way grows brighter, the birds sing sweeter, the winds blow softer, the sun shines more radiantly than ever before. I suppose &#8216;my outward person&#8217; is perishing, but &#8216;my inward person&#8217; is being joyously renewed day by day.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robertson McQuilkin wrote,&nbsp;<strong><em>&#8220;God planned the strength and beauty of youth to be physical. But the strength and beauty of age is spiritual. We gradually lose the strength and beauty that is temporary so we&#8217;ll be sure to concentrate on the strength and beauty that is forever.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Old age is when it takes you longer\u00a0<strong>to get over<\/strong> a good time\u2026.than\u00a0<strong>to just have<\/strong> a good time!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>As YOU get older, is  <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201cYOUR inner person\u201d being joyously renewed day by day? If not, why not?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOD\u2019S PLANS FOR YOU WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN ALL YOUR DISAPPOINTMENTS!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old age can be a most rewarding period of life. For those who have found the satisfaction of a loving and close relationship with the Heavenly Father through faith in Jesus, the\u00a0&#8220;sunset years&#8221; can be more appropriately labeled the\u00a0&#8220;golden years&#8221;. Henry Durbanville felt that way. 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