Extra-ordinary!
Theme for this Week: Growing Old Is an Oxymoron
Ted Engstrom
Friday, February 22, 2002
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Extra-ordinary!
Theme for this Week: Growing Old Is an Oxymoron
Friday, February 22
Key Bible Verse: God wants you to give what you have, not what you don't have (2 Corinthians 8:12). Bonus Reading:Psalm 71:17–18
Denny and Jeanne are warm, committed Christians who wrestled for some time with what the Lord wanted them to do in retirement. "We're just very ordinary people," both admit.
The Grindalls decided to leave their successful florist business in Seattle and tour for several months, While in Kenya, they visited the once nomadic Masai. They found their life expectancy to be extremely low. Chickens, pigs, and other animals were living with humans in their mud huts. Together, Denny and Jeanne decided they'd go back to live among the Masai, share their knowledge in horticulture, and give guidance from their own experience. They helped them learn how to obtain vitally needed water, build pigpens, and develop sanitation facilities.
Today, six months out of every year, this post-middle age couple lives among the Masai, beautifully accepted by them. The once unsanitary huts are cleaned out. The quality of health has improved greatly. The people are living longer. Children are no longer malnourished. The lives of whole communities have been tremendously improved through their loving, caring concern.
—Ted Engstrom in Seizing the Torch
My Response: I'll begin now to explore ways I could make a difference later in life.
Thought to Apply: Keeping useful keeps us youthful.
—Source unknown
Adapted from: Seizing the Torch (Regal, 1979).
Copyright © 2002 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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