I read something the other day which was encouraging to older adults like
me. In an article AAA reported, “Drivers over 70 are as safe as drivers of 25.
Drivers over 80 are less safe but still safer than drivers in their teens.”
This contradicts popular opinion that all older drivers are less safe than any younger
drivers.
Having been in a serious one vehicle accident last December, I was ready
to believe popular opinion. But I knew my accident was not because of my age. It
was simply a matter of distracted diving.
In fact, many older adults are doing things that many younger people
cannot or will not do. This morning I watched an 89 year old friend on the
tennis court moving well to the ball and stroking the ball with authority. I saw on television a man who was 101 years
old and running a marathon. Many older senior adults are going back to school,
or learning a new language or composing music or poetry and writing novels. It
isn’t age that makes the difference, but the physical condition and mental
ambition of the individual.
When he was 85 years old Caleb reminded Joshua of the place God through
Moses had given him and he was ready to go claim it. In the process he said the
Lord had kept him alive and at this time he is as strong as he had been forty
years earlier when he was sent to spy out the land. (Joshua 14) He went and
conquered the land and continued to live.
If God blesses us with long life he also has a promise for us. “As your
days, so shall your strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33:25)
Grace and peace.
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