This morning, as well as last night, I asked the Lord to show me how to age gracefully.I went online to my women's support group and asked how many of them found the aging process to be difficult, and I received many responses stating that yes, they found the aging process to be a very difficult.
Whether this is due to our society's standards or due to our own self-awareness, aging is not very welcomed in America.
Search the internet, watch TV, or browse a magazine and you'll find multi-million dollar businesses that target the aging female population. Decrease your wrinkles. Flatten your tummy. Boost your butt cheeks. Increase your bust size. Whiten your teeth. From makeup to hair dyes to injections like Botox, women are told from a very young age that getting old is awful, and here's how to avoid it at all costs.
Somehow, somewhere in our generations of American grandmothers and great-grandmothers, we have not passed down how to age gracefully.
So my prayer, my quest, is to find out how to age gracefully, so that I can pass this information, this life boat, on to my own three daughters so they won't feel like they have to jump ship with a boulder tied around their feet rather than face getting old.
Lord, teach me how to age gracefully. Bring people into my life who can guide me and lead me. give me direction through books, articles, and Your Holy Word on how to age gracefully so that I can pass this on to my own dear daughters when it's their time. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
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