January 11

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday. — Prov 4:18 BSB

Christian old age should be beautiful. It should have the peacefulness of autumn after the heat and toil of summer. Youth has its own charm, and so does adulthood, but there is a special kind of beauty in a godly old age that is more captivating than any other time of life.

“There is a beauty Youth can never know,
With all the lusty radiance of his prime,
A beauty the sole heritage of time,
That gilds the fabric with a sunset glow,
That glorifies the work it soon lays low!
There is a charm in age, well–nigh sublime
That lends new lustre to the poet’s rhyme,
As mountain peaks are grander crowned with snow.
How gay the laugh of Youth! But, oh, how brave
The stately weakness of a reverend Age!”