For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Continue Your love to those who know You,
Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalms 35:9-10
As we age many of us wonder where the time has gone. Some of us age with grace, while others try to maintain their youth. Some of us lose our youth to diseases such as cancer or heart disease. Yet, there are those who refuse to grow old. Those are the ones that may look old, but they don’t act like it. They live by the mantra, “You’re as young as you feel.” I have to say that I like that mantra, too. I may be approaching my middle age, but sometimes I don’t feel like I am in my thirties. Sometimes I still feel like I am in my twenties.
Many have searched through the centuries for the so called “Fountain of Youth” but with no success. A fountain of youth does exist…but it is not in the sense that many wish it to be. The fountain of youth is really the fountain of life—an eternal life with God. This eternal life shines like a light to the world through those who have accepted the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ, God’s greatest gift to mankind.
Know therefore that the Lord Your God is God,
the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love Him
and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations….
Deuteronomy 7:9
God loves those who love Him. He loves those who do not. He created a new covenant with us when Jesus was crucified on the Cross. He has kept to this covenant (eternal life through acceptance of Jesus Christ) with us for over 2,000 years. God is faithful to us in all things. He never leaves us—from the time that He creates us to the time He calls us home.
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Dear heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the blessings and the eternal life that we can look forward to in heaven. We feel Your love and faithfulness every day. Without Your love, we would be lost forever. In Jesus name, Amen.
