Attitudes of Aging Saints

As we age in the faith there are things that I notice in the attitudes of my brethren. 

1. No matter how old we are, we think that if given the opportunity we could still be pastors. That our pastor could one day be in prayer and the Lord could tell him to pick me. That will never happen.

2. No matter how old we are, we still think that we are on the cutting edge of evangelism. We haven't been on an outreach in years. We are not active in evangelism. But we think that we are.

3. Because pastor Mitchell limped across the finish line, we think that we all must serve until we die. And our best hope is to die in the saddle. Retirement is a four letter word to many of us. Not me.

4. It is arrogant and dishonest to have these kinds of attitudes. But when older saints are given so little support and expression, we tend to live in a fantasy world thinking we still can, when we can't.

5. When we send out a 50 something guy, every 70 something guy in the place thinks they could be next.

Why can't we be content to be who we are and do what we can do and stop kidding ourselves about what we will never be?