Regis Philbin - Birthday August 25, 1931 - RETIRES

I heard this yesterday and thought, OK, it's about time. Then I thought about retirement  and decided that I should look it up in the Bible and see what It said there.  Numbers 8:24-25 - "This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more shall come to take part in the work at the Tent of Meeting, but at the age of fifty, they must retire from their regular service and work no longer.  I found the other references to retirement were about, going away from a place; eg. "the shadows retire", or like retiring to bed. Who ever said we had to retire? Why do people work so hard to retire?  If you have found the gifts God has given you, and you are sharing them with the world, chances are you are happy, so why retire?  Anyway it is your choice, but I have come to find out in my world, the elderly have so much wisdom to offer.  We seem to sweep older folks under the carpet or put them on a shelf somewhere. Try asking someone over 75 about their life sometime. Do not interrupt, just listen. There are some pretty amazing stories out there if we would just listen.

Lord, please give us the humility and courage to be still and listen to the elderly and You, in Jesus name, AMEN!