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Never Too Old
Old age is dreaded by many because it is often associated with loneliness, physical decline, and a retreat to inactivity.
However, history records that many people made some of their greatest contributions to society after the age of 65:
The Earl of Halsburg, for example, was 90 when he began preparing a 20-volume revision of English law.
Goethe wrote Faust at 82.Galileo made his greatest discovery when he was 73.
At 65, Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister for the first time and started the epic struggle against Hitler.
At 72, Golda Meir became Prime Minister of Israel.
At 80, Grandma Moses, who had started painting in her late 70s, had her first one-woman exhibit.
At 81, Benjamin Franklin skillfully mediated between disagreeing factions at the U.S. Constitutional Convention.
At 80, Winston Churchill returned to the House of Commons as a member of parliament and also exhibited 62 of his paintings.
At 80, Nora Cydrus became a child of God.
You probably won't read about Nora Cydrus in the textbooks of history, but this week she made the greatest decision of all history: she became a Christian, a child of God.
Nora has a dear friend, another octogenarian, named Thelma Clark. Thelma cared so much about Nora that she wanted her to know about Jesus Christ and how one can be saved from sin through Him (Ephesians 1:7). So, Thelma began to study God's Word with Nora and began bringing her to worship and Bible class. Then, this past Wednesday, a Christian from the Cox Boulevard church of Christ in Sheffield, AL, Julia Counts, teamed up with Thelma to teach Nora about how to respond to what Jesus had done for her (and for all of us). They studied about how Jesus paid the price for our sins by dying on the cross (Romans 5:8-10).
They read in God's Word that in order to receive the blessings of Jesus' sacrificial death, we must: believe in Him (Acts 16:30-31), turn from sin in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:38).
Then, Nora Cydrus confessed her faith and was baptized into Christ (Galatians 3:26-27) to have all of her sins washed away by the blood of Christ (Acts 22:16). She became a Christian, praising God for her salvation!
Are YOU a Christian? Both Nora and the Scriptures say, YOU are never too old and it is STILL not too late!
Won't YOU trust and obey Him today? from LIVING WATER An Outreach Publication of the Church of Christ ... creekwood@comcast.net
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