GROWING OLD

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    GROWING OLD


    Growing old can seem hard
    With it's aches and pains,
    While adjusting to change,
    But there's more to life
    Than It just passing by.
    It's within your heart,
    That it is told;
    That paints the picture
    Of growing old.
    While I'm thinking back,
    My memory of the events
    That were forming and changing me,
    There were joys overflowing
    And sorrows for my gain,
    But my mind only wants
    To hold on the the pain.
    Old age as it comes,
    With it's pains and restraints,
    Need not keep us
    In sorrow or dispair.
    With our eyes upon Christ,
    He leads the way,
    Giving joy unspeakable,
    Each and every day.
    Looking back at all
    My accomplishments,
    It would seem I have
    Surely failed.
    Yet Christ in his wisdom,
    Having a plan for me,
    Is shaping and molding
    And conforming me
    Into His Image
    For all eternity.
    Taking life as it comes,
    Whether joyous or sad;
    Letting God use it
    As he has planned;
    Works for my good
    And for my gain.
    Knowing this,
    My greatest achievement,
    Is living old age
    In sweet contentment.

    By: Sheila Weaver
    AKA: PEACEFULLY

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    Secretdreams commented on GROWING OLD

    08-05-2010

    While reading your poem I remember once some young guy asking "What do you think when you are old?" and the reply was "thinking when I was young" Beautiful and very peaceful just as you Thank you for sharing

    peacefully

    08/06/2010

    Thank you for your sweet words and for going to ALL the trouble to find it, just so you could read it. :)

    kenparme commented on GROWING OLD

    04-10-2009

    This is a beautiful poem.He is the potter.

    sk commented on GROWING OLD

    04-06-2009

    I know two very dear elderly friends that would just love this poem...may I share it too? These are the parents of the gal I was telling you about...

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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