Growing
old is perhaps the hardest task we have to face in this life. As the saying
goes, "Getting old is not for sissies." Mainly,
growing old is about losses. We devote most of our early life to acquiring
things, but they are merely things we will lose as we age. We lose our
strength, our looks, our friends, our job. We may lose our wealth, our home,
our health, our spouse, our independence, and perhaps the greatest loss of all,
our sense of dignity and self-worth. But there
is one thing that you and I will never lose—the love of God. "Even to your
old age, I am He," God said to the prophet, "and even to gray hairs I
will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will
deliver you" (Isaiah 46:4). "The
righteous shall flourish like a palm tree," wrote the songwriter (Psalm
92:12). "Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age" (vv.13-14).
—David Roper Jesus
loves me, this I know, God's love never grows old.
Bacaan: Mazmur
92:13-16 Beranjak tua mungkin merupakan tugas tersulit yang
harus kita hadapi di dalam hidup ini. Seperti dikatakan oleh sebuah
perumpamaan, “Beranjak menjadi tua bukanlah tugas untuk para pengecut.”
Beranjak tua pertama-tama adalah menyangkut peristiwa
kehilangan. Kita mengabdikan sebagian besar hidup kita sebelumnya untuk
memperoleh banyak hal. Namun, semuanya itu hanyalah sesuatu yang akan hilang
pada saat kita beranjak tua. Kita kehilangan kekuatan, penampilan, teman,
pekerjaan. Kita mungkin kehilangan kekayaan, rumah, kesehatan, pasangan hidup,
kebebasan, dan mungkin yang terbesar adalah kita kehilangan rasa memiliki
martabat dan harga diri kita. Namun ada satu hal yang tidak akan pernah hilang dari
Anda dan saya, yaitu kasih Allah. “Sampai masa tuamu Aku tetap Dia,” kata Allah
kepada sang nabi, “dan sampai masa putih rambutmu Aku menggendong kamu. Aku
telah melakukannya dan mau menanggung kamu terus; Aku mau memikul kamu dan
menyelamatkan kamu” (Yesaya 46:4). “Orang benar akan bertunas seperti pohon kurma,” tulis sang penulis lagu
(Mazmur 92:13). “Mereka yang ditanam di bait Tuhan akan bertunas di pelataran Allah
kita. Pada masa tua pun mereka masih berbuah” (ayat 14,15) —DHR KASIH ALLAH TIDAK
PERNAH BERANJAK TUA
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