97. Wala ka sa Lolo ko. For him, memories make the heart younger.
20 January 2021
Timothy’s Encouraging Report
1 Thessalonians 3
6 But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.
Let me share what I wrote 3 October 2017.
"Memories. They make the heart younger.
Apostle Paul had mutual pleasant memories of the church in Thessalonica.
1 Thessalonians 3
7 Therefore, brothers and sisters, in all our distress and persecution we were encouraged about you because of your faith.
We were recently in the group of friends from our Lipa days, mga kumare at kumpare.
One was celebrating her birthday, and we met for lunch at SM Megamall. They were already seated when Marlou and I arrived, and food was already on the table.
They pointed to me for the prayer before meals, and I obliged; I recalled that our concern in the past was sending our children to school, and now we're all done.
Memories from the past, reminding us of God's sustaining grace all these years. Same grace that we need in our twilight years, for God's wisdom to be upon us, that we are wiser as we get older. We thanked the Lord for another year in the life of our friend, same for me having just celebrated my birthday; I asked that the Lord continue to bless each one of us, and to bless our sharing of memories of the good old days.
"Lord, the good news written in Scripture give me so much encouragement. For You Yourself, Lord, will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, those who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet You, Lord, in the air. And so we will be with You, Lord, forever (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). Lord, I shall therefore encourage another with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:18); You be glorified, this I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.""
Proverbs 15
30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart,
and good news gives health to the bones.
"We researchers in the science of memory call this the reminiscence bump – in reference to the shape it gives when we plot a curve of memories over a person’s lifespan.
It is one of those rare effects in cognitive psychology that is not contested. We have given up researching whether it exists and begun asking why. Neurobiological accounts propose there is something about the brain maturing that leads to information we encounter in this period being particularly well encoded.
Some researchers propose we are better at recalling first-time experiences like a first kiss, first driving lesson and so on – most of which tend to happen at that age."
"You’re as young as you feel.
Two researchers at University College London looked at the responses of about 6,500 men and women who answered the question, “How old do you feel you are?” The respondents were age 52 and older, with an average age of 65. Their answers:
- about 70% felt three or more years younger than their actual age
- 25% felt close to their actual age
- 5% felt more than one year older than their actual age
What came next was the really interesting part: Eight years after study participants answered the age question, researchers determined which ones were still alive:
- 75% of those who felt older than their age
- 82% of those who felt their actual age
- 86% of those who felt younger than their actual age.
Memories. The Good Old Days By: David H. Roper, from Our Daily Bread.
"I heard a story about an elderly woman who would sit in silence for hours in her rocking chair, hands folded in her lap, eyes gazing off into the far distance. One day her daughter asked, “Mother, what do you think about when you sit there so quietly?” Her mother replied softly with a twinkle in her eye, “That’s just between Jesus and me.”
I pray that our memories and meditations would draw us into His presence." Amen.
2 Corinthians 5
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
One day, my children's children will say wala ka sa Lolo ko; for him, memories make the heart younger.
May you find comfort and joy in God's Word.
Maraming salamat.
Amen 🙌
ReplyDeleteParang nangungusap ng maigi sa akin ang blog. Be young at heart, be positive, be energetic, live a healhy life... Remember the good...the blessings...never dwell in the past hurts and failures. Thank you for sharing @Picoy Christian Gonzales. Am blessed.
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