You Might be a Senior Citizen If...

I am having a birthday in a few days and it is the big 65.  There seems no universal agreement on when a person is a senior citizen today.  AARP says that you can become a member at 50.   There are some restaurants that give a discount if you are 55 or others that do the same at 60.  There is no debate, however, that you are a senior citizen when you are 65 and you are on medicare.   

When Dave Letterman was on the air with his talk show on late night television, he used to share his “top ten” about this or that subject.   Here are my “top five”  signs that you might be 65 and/or a senior citizen:

1.         You can remember all the words to the Beatle’s “Hey Jude”, but you cannot remember what you had for dinner last evening

2.       You know that “Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young”  is not a new law firm in town

3.       If you have paid for gas with a one dollar bill, you might be a senior citizen

4.       If “on line” ever had to do with how you dried your clothes instead of the world wide web, you might be 65 or over

5.       If you think of  a telephone instead of a party when you hear the phrase “party line” , you might be a senior citizen

One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 90.   We read there these words:
¹⁰ Our days may come to seventy years,
    or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
    for they quickly pass, and we fly away…..
¹² Teach us to number our days,
    that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

I am grateful to God for the gift of life, and the life abundant in Christ.  I give thanks for the gift to share the journey of life with family and friends like you.   Have a joy-filled week.  One last thing: Will someone please remind me when my birthday is.  I would not want to miss it.  – Pastor Randy Wall    

Prayer:    O God,  thank you for the gift of life.  Help me to live it as the precious gift it is;  through Christ our Lord.  Amen.