The Blessing Of Wrinkles
Hopefully you’ve known a kind older person in your lifetime. One whose face is filled with wrinkles from a lifetime of smiles, whose cheeks have a rosy glow from making the effort to be cheerful, and whose eyes have a twinkle of wisdom and memories.
The only thing capable of rivaling such beauty is a smile from a newborn babe.Â
Forget wanting to look like movie stars and “perfect” folks. I want wrinkles, LOTS of them. I want laugh lines around my mouth and crinkles at my eyes. I want wore out hands from preparing meals for generations and I want joints so used they begin to wear and ache in my older years.
And don’t you dare deny me my white hair as a testament of the grace I was shown in being able to watch my kids and grandkids grow up!Â
God, keep me so busy and focused on the living at hand and the love, smiles, laughter, and joy that come with it that I could not possibly end up with a drawn and pinched face or the time or inclination to have one stretched and taught from trying to hide the evidence of a life well lived.
I want to leave this world with every blessed wrinkle I can possibly manage to earn and when I grow old, stand back coz I’ll show them what beautiful really is.
Lookout world. Granny’s got cookies!
Make some wrinkles today!
Christy, I meet with a group of retired people every Wednesday and Friday at Jack’s. I’ve been making a cake every Friday and carrying for them to enjoy. (Nearly all your recipes). I need your help. I need a SUGAR FREE POUND CAKE RECIPE especially and other sugar free cake recipes. So many of us are diabetics. I would appreciate it so much. You can send it to may e-mail address above. Thank you so much. May God bless you.
In Christ Love.
Elaine Fuller.
P.S. I love Lifesaver’s. You are blessed with a God given talent to write these short devotionals.
Oh my goodness, what a fun weekly activity!!! Let me play around with it and see what I can come up with.
Thank you,
I love, love, love this! I have always thought smile lines were beautiful! May we all live to develop them along with the work-worn hands…
Amen!
I love what you just said, Christy. I don’t mind my wrinkles and I don’t mind my gray hair. I’ll be so pleased when I’m totally white haired.
I hope I have the laugh wrinkles around my mouth, too. Life is wonderful even with the hard spots we have to endure from time to time.
God bless you!!
Amen and blessings to you Janel!!
Awesome : ) Bring on the wrinkles : )))
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Great post. I feel like I earned all of my wrinkles but sometimes wonder where all of the aches came from. Sure wish I was young enough to take care of my great grandsons. I wear out so easily and am afraid that my old hands and arms are not strong enough to keep them from falling out of my lap when they get real active.
Dear Gene, Don’t worry about them not slipping off your lap as they will remember your great hugs, love, kisses, and smiles just as much. An they will always remember your gentle voice telling them the wonderful stories of your childhood that no one else can tell. I promise you just wrap your arms around them tightly and hold on tight as there is not love sweeter than that of a Grandmas. Share your special cookies with them that no one can make as good as you do. Believe you me they will know Great Grandma’s love forever!
Great way to start my day, being thankful for my wrinkles. Thank you