My granddaughter asked this question as she watched the
smoke rise from the burnt wicks of the five candles she had just blown out on
her birthday cake.
Her excitement to now hold up five fingers instead of four drew
the subject of age to dominate the conversation. When I told her she would need
all ten fingers six times, plus a few, to find my age her eyes grew wide. How
could anyone live that long?
As the years creep upon us, labels attach to us such as
“over the hill,” “empty nesters,” or at that “retirement age.” If we allow
these words to identify us, we can think life is over and has no purpose any
longer.
But we can follow the examples of some older biblical women who had an impact on the future of their society and on us as believers.
