“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

You know you're old, my parents used to say, when the movie stars you followed start to pass away. For us, I guess, that would be the rock stars, at least those that made it through the sixties.
In Psalm 90:10 we read: “The years of our life are three score and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore.”

Looks like I’m on borrowed time, better keep taking the vitamins. I like it when I find verses in the bible that speak to old age.
We are relevant and not going away....just yet.
Here are some of those verses:

The time has passed,
“I have been young, and now am old;....” Psalm 37:25

But we have much to share, and to remember,
“I remember the days of old, I meditate on all that thou hast done; I muse on what thy hands have wrought.” Psalm 143:5

Though there is a fear,
“Do not cast me off in the time of old age;
forsake me not when my strength is spent.” Psalm 71:9

But we know there’s always a promise,
“...even to your old age I am He, and to gray hairs I will carry you.” Isaiah 46:4

And the hope is,
“To live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer ruled by human passions but by the will of God.” 1 Peter 4:2

The opening lines to this blog are from a poem by Dylan Thomas. Believed to be written to his dying father. “The sentiment is that life is precious and should be fought at every turn, and should burn and rage at the approach of death.”
Whilst I can agree life is precious, I know I don’t need to rage at the dying of the light.

How blessed we are that Jesus has conquered death for us and we can face it without fear, knowing that He has overcome the darkness, and the light will get ever brighter in His presence.

—Mick Sanderson