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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"THE WINTER SEASON OF MY LIFE" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
IT SEEMS LIKE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I GET A LOT OF REQUEST FOR MY VERSION OF "WINTER SONG". I READ IT MANY YEARS AGO AND ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO I WROTE MY VERSION AND IT HIT HOME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I HAVE GOTTEN REQUESTS AGAIN TO POST IT SO I WILL DO IT NOW.
THIS IS MY VERSION OF "WINTER SONG". SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT I AM IN THE "WINTER" OF MY LIFE BUT WHO KNOWS, ONLY GOD. I CAN TELL YOU THIS, IF I AM, I AM ENJOYING IT AS MUCH AS I HAVE THE REST OF THE SEASONS. I CAN SAY THIS ONLY BECAUSE OF JESUS AS HE HAS BEEN IN ALL MY SEASONS. IF THIS IS THE "WINTER" OF MY LIFE, THEN I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE "SPRING" OF MY LIFE IN ETERNITY. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. AND NOW FOR MY "WINTER SONG".
YOU KNOW, TIME HAS A WAY OF MOVING QUICKLY AND CATCHING YOU UNAWARE OF THE PASSING YEARS. IT SEEMS JUST YESTERDAY THAT I WAS YOUNG, JUST MARRIED AND EMBARKING ON MY NEW LIFE WITH A WONDERFUL WOMAN. AND YET, IN A WAY, IT SEEM LIKE EONS AGO AND I WONDER WHERE ALL THE YEARS WENT. I KNOW THAT I LIVED THEM ALL BECAUSE I HAVE GLIMPSES OF HOW IT WAS BACK THEN AND OF ALL MY HOPES AND DREAMS. BUT NOW HERE IT IS, THE "WINTER" OF MY LIFE AND IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE. HOW DID I GET HERE SO FAST? WHERE DID THE YEARS GO AND WHERE DID MY YOUTH GO?
I REMEMBER SEEING "OLDER PEOPLE" THROUGH THE YEARS AND THINKING THAT THOSE "OLDER PEOPLE" WERE YEARS AWAY FROM ME AND THAT "WINTER" WAS SO FAR OFF THAT I COULD NOT FATHOM IT OR IMAGINE FULLY WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE. BUT HERE IT IS. MY WIFE AND I ARE RETIRED NOW AND MY WIFE IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS SHE EVER WAS. ALTHOUGH I SEE A CHANGE FROM THE YOUNG AND VIBRANT WOMAN SHE ONCE WAS, NOW SHE IS A VIBRANT AND A MORE MATURE WOMAN OF FAITH AND THE JOY OF MY LIFE. OUR AGE IS BEGINNING TO SHOW AND WE NOW ARE TWO OF THE "OLDER PEOPLE" THAT WE USED TO SEE AND NEVER THOUGHT WE'D BE.
EACH DAY NOW, I FIND THAT JUST GETTING A SHOWER IS A REAL TARGET FOR THE DAY AND TAKING A NAP IS NOT A TREAT ANY MORE, IT IS MANDATORY, BECAUSE IF I DON'T TAKE ONE, I WILL JUST FALL ASLEEP WHEREVER I MIGHT BE SITTING.
AND NOW, I HAVE ENTERED INTO THIS NEW SEASON OF MY LIFE UNPREPARED FOR ALL THE ACHES AND PAINS AND THE LOSS OF STRENGTH AND ABILITY TO GO AND DO THE THINGS I USED TO DO. HOWEVER, WITH JESUS BEING WITH ME, I HAVE NO WORRIES ABOUT ALL OF THIS.
THE GOOD THING IS THAT AT LEAST I KNOW THAT THOUGH OUR "WINTER" HAS COME, AND WE ARE NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL LAST, WE HAVE A PROMISE FROM JESUS THAT WE WILL BE WITH HIM WHEN THIS "WINTER" DOES END. YES I HAVE REGRETS. THERE ARE THINGS I WISH I HAD DONE AND THINGS I SHOULD AND SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I AM HAPPY TO HAVE DONE. IT IS ALL IN A LIFETIME.
IF YOU ARE NOT YET IN THE "WINTER" OF YOUR LIFE, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT IT WILL BE HERE FASTER THAN YOU THINK. SO WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR LIFE, PLEASE DO IT QUICKLY.
LIFE GOES BY FAST SO DO WHAT YOU CAN TODAY BECAUSE YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL EVEN SEE ALL THE SEASONS OF YOUR LIFE. SAY ALL THOSE THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY TO THOSE YOU LOVE AND REMEMBER, LIFE IS A GIFT TO YOU AND THE WAY YOU LIVE IT IS A GIFT TO THOSE WHO LOVE YOU. MAKE IT A FANTASTIC ONE AND JUST REMEMBER, DON'T LEAVE THIS WORLD WITHOUT JESUS.
I LEAVE THIS VERSE WITH YOU. PSALM 71:18 Now also when I am old and grey-headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. SINCE HE HAS PROMISED NOT TO FORSAKE US, LET'S ALL TRY TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE SAYS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
I HOPE THIS MAKES ALL OF YOU MORE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE "SEASONS" OF YOUR LIVES. MAKE EVERY ONE OF THEM COUNT FOR JESUS. DON'T YOU WANT TO HEAR THOSE WONDERFUL WORDS OF JESUS WHEN YOUR "WINTER" IS OVER..... "Well done, thou good and faithful servant. I KNOW I DO.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
