\u201cTherefore we do not give up; even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.\u201d 2 Corinthians 4:16 CSB
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Tomorrow is my fiftieth birthday, although by the time you read this I\u2019ll already be a month into my new year on earth.\u00a0 Decade birthdays are always milestones…10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th…they represent a period of time in your life that is easy to identify. \u00a0 When we turned 10 we hit the \u201cdouble digits\u201d in age. Our 20\u2019s are the mark of adulthood, by our 30\u2019s we\u2019re starting to reap the benefits or repercussions of our 20\u2019s.\u00a0 My 40\u2019s were a period of drastic life changes for me in every possible way, I don\u2019t know that it\u2019s true for everyone. I have fear of my fifties because I\u2019m older and wiser.\u00a0 I know more than ever how life can change in 10 years, but I don\u2019t have to be fearful. God knows our physical bodies will break down, but our spirit never will. He will renew our spirit daily for us if we allow Him.\u00a0 When our Spirit is strong, it doesn\u2019t matter how weak our outer bodies are, nothing can stop us.
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Joni Eareckson Tada always comes to mind when I think of someone who had a body that was frail, but a spirit that is unstoppable. On July 30, 1967 she dived into the Chesapeake Bay, not realizing it was shallow water. She fractured her spine and was instantly a quadripalegic. After two years of intense rehabilitation, she was able to write and paint by holding the pen or brush in her teeth. Joni has a faith in Jesus like rarely seen. She has taken her disability and used it to change the world. She has written over 50 books, a movie has been made about her life and she runs a non-profit, Joni and Friends<\/a>. Her non profit is how Joni shares the gospel with others impacted with disabilities. And she did all of that from a wheelchair, writing with a pen grasped between her teeth. Joni has not let the accident that so drastically changed her life at 17 keep her from accomplishing God\u2019s will. Her faith in God is what renews her every day for the battle ahead. And He can do the same for us. If we\u2019re to face our fears of aging, or our bodies betraying us physically, we have to do it with God. We have to let Him be the One to renew our spirit in ways only He can. When we let God do the leading, and renewing, we find ourselves on exciting adventures. I find myself on a vacation of a lifetime, celebrating my birthday in a place I\u2019ve longed to visit. The journey that led me here didn\u2019t start today, or two weeks ago, it\u2019s a journey that has been happening over the course of a lifetime as I chose to place one foot after the other and follow Jesus. As Paul told the Corinthians so long ago, he says the same to us today. Don\u2019t give up, even though your outer body may fail you, your spirit never will. Each day, God is waiting to renew you and strengthen you for the day ahead. All you have to do is let Him. \u201cTherefore we do not give up; even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.\u201d 2 Corinthians 4:16 CSB Tomorrow is my fiftieth birthday, although by the time you read this I\u2019ll already be a month into my new year on earth.\u00a0 Decade birthdays are always milestones…10th,… Continue reading DON\u2019T FEAR AGE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1119\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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