Which of the following are similar to the ways you've served Christ in your family? [check all that apply]
• Taught your kids to see God's glory in nature
• Washed the dishes without being asked
• Played a board game with your kids
• Encouraged your wife to finish her master's degree
• Attended a child's open house at school
• Worked fewer hours to be with your family
• Set an example of a godly prayer life for your children
• Held a crying child
• Swung on the tire swing with your daughter
• Told your wife why you're still in love with her
• Told your son he's got what it takes
• Coached soccer
• Let you child correct you now and then
• Fixed the vacuum cleaner
• Taught your sons to ride a bike
• Listened patiently to a complaint of your wife
• Taped your child's artwork to your office wall
• Admitted to your kids that you were wrong
• Told your children how Christ entered your life
• Cleaned up vomit
• Taught your children to love books
• Been romantic without expecting sex
• Told your daughter she's smart/beautiful
• Set standards for your kids and stuck to them
• Dealt graciously with a busybody neighbor
• Peeled carrots
• Watched movies together
Lost Years Recovery Theme for this Week: Growing Old Is an Oxymoron Monday, February 18, 2002
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January/February 200251Lost Years RecoveryTheme for this Week: Growing Old Is an Oxymoron Lost Years Recovery Theme for this Week: Growing Old Is an Oxymoron Monday, February 18
Key Bible Verse: Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green (Psalm 92:14). Bonus Reading:Psalm 91:14–16
During World War II, Lou Zamperini spent 47 days adrift on a life raft on the Pacific, followed by two and a half years in a Japanese prison camp. These experiences took a devastating toll on his health. He reckoned they took ten years off his life. Lou began making healthy choices in nutrition and physical fitness "to get those ten years back."
"I started by going to a gym every day to pedal a stationary bicycle," he remembers. But, "After five minutes I'd look at my watch and feel like I'd been there for two hours. Then I started to take my bike out on the street, and I could ride for hours and feel like it was five minutes." Now Lou engages in fitness activities he really enjoys—running, hiking, mountain climbing, skiing, and skateboarding.
Lou manages a senior citizen center, and says, "At work, I'm up and down the stairs all day long." Not only does he have more energy on the ski slopes than most college kids, he's continually improving. "At 74 I'm doing things in skiing I couldn't do when I was 64," Lou says. "Oh, I've got my aches and pains, but that doesn't bother me. Not when I'm having fun!"
—Win Arn in Live Long and Love It
My Response: Here's what I'm doing to "honor God with [my] body" (1 Cor. 6:20):
Thought to Apply: You are as young as you feel after trying to prove it. —Lou Erickson (writer)
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