White Hairs

While traveling recently, I met a man in his fifties who looked barely thirty-five pleasant, sincere, but strikingly immature. A lifetime without work had preserved his face but stunted his growth. I recalled a wealthy couple much the same: forever youthful in appearance, never seasoned by labor, responsibility, or hardship. Scripture, however, calls gray hair “a crown of glory” if it is found in the way of righteousness (Prov. 16:31). White hairs joined to godliness testify to battles fought, lessons learned, and grace received. But in an age that worships youth and shuns responsibility, many prefer perpetual adolescence to maturity in Christ. The years will come regardless; we can either grow old in foolishness or grow old in grace and only one path leads to honor.