I often hear the phrase “your age,” usually from an older lady in my church, or my grandmother, or my mother, or a teacher. “Girls your age…,” “Young people your age,” and “At your age…” are all examples that have occurred in my every day life for a few years now, especially since I started college. I can remember early on, at age 7 or 8, wondering, “What does age have to do with anything?” There’s the age of accountability, under-age, teenage, middle-age, old-age, etc. Growing up has always been about being too young for some things and then in high school and college I’m now too old for certain things. I have always thought that age is under and over-estimated. 1 Timothy 4 talks about age, but my favorite scripture concerning age is found in Job 32:6-9. Elihu was the youngest of Job’s friends and he’s the only one in the book who was not reprimanded by the Lord. That’s pretty significant! He says, “I am young and you are old, so I held back from telling you what I think. I thought, ‘Those who are older should speak, for wisdom comes with age.’ But there is a Spirit within people, the breath of the Almighty within them, that makes them intelligent. Sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.” So I’m still wondering: What does age have to do with anything?
Karyn Pugh
Student at FWBBC: Nashville, TN
PRAY TOGETHER: November’s focus is Home Missions. Please pray for FWB missionaries and their families serving God in North America.
