The Eyes of Generations

My wife and I were in Michigan this past weekend. It was interesting watching all of our family's grand kids playing together. But what I found most enjoyable was watching the older generation watching the younger. The look in their eyes was . . . wishful.

The grandchildren in our family are full of energy. They play hard and long. They go to bed reluctantly because they'd rather be playing and laughing and having fun.

My wife and I belong to the older generation. Just when the kids really get going in the evening, we're ready to head to bed - tired from a busy day of watching the kids. LOL!

This is nothing new to most families. Generation after generation we all grow older. The energy of our youth fades with age until one day, we find ourselves remembering when WE were young and filled with energy.

Two members of our family are currently battling cancer. The looks in their eyes this past weekend were even more envious than the rest of us. No. Envious is not the right word. Appreciative is more like it.

Life is a precious thing. We spend it all too quickly. If only there were some way to get more of it so we could really live life to the fullest. Well . . .

^"3 I heard a loud voice coming from heaven. It said, “See! God’s home is with men. He will live with them. They will be His people. God Himself will be with them. He will be their God. ⁴ God will take away all their tears. There will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All the old things have passed away.” ⁵ Then the One sitting on the throne said, “See! I am making all things new." - Revelation 21:3-5

Jesus makes all things new. ALL things. He will make the old new again.

"50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. " - 1 Corinthians 15:50-53

The Heavenly Bodies - Ron Rhodes on Understanding The Times with Jan Markell
Forever Young - Rod Stewart