The younger a person is the easier it is to impress them. A child will be impressed with a simple card trick but to impress an average adult it would have to be something really amazing. But no matter how amazing something is at one point it eventually loses it's luster. A new car eventually will experience it's first ding or it's first scratch and the new car smell will eventually fade to other odors. After over 42 years of being wowed by various things and all of them eventually fading into the old category its much harder to get truly amazed by anything now. When I talk to younger people they always seem to be excited about something whether it's a new movie or a new relationship or a new place they are traveling to. You rarely hear that kind of excitement about anything when you are chatting with older people. It's usually "been there and done that" type of attitude. There is always more energy with youth because they are more easily excited about everything.
I don't mean to depress you but everything eventually fades. EVERYTHING. No one stays young and youthful forever. Now that a bigger portion of our church is moving into their 30s the energy level definitely is not the same. The church is harder to mobilize because it's harder to get people excited about anything.
All this only reminds me further of the constancy of our Father. I woke up thinking about the sun and how it didn't burn out again. As I write this I am aware that "something" or "someone" is keeping this earth at a constant distance from the son/sun so that we don't burn out. There is a perfect amount of oxygen around me to sustain my lungs all day today. But the most amazing thing is the constancy of God's love for me. I am more and more amazed by the consistency of our God. He amazes me. He is truly praise worthy.
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