Wednesday, February 22, 2012

What Really is the Age of a Senior Citizen?

As you might have read in my previous blogs, I have had a hard time accepting being MIDDLE AGE.  It was one thing to be called middle age & really being middle age.  I believe 55 yr old is middle age, which I am 56 yrs old turning 57 in April.  Dave has been informing me that a 55 yr old person, is a SENIOR CITIZEN.  Naturally, I argued.  He believes if you live to 110 yr, then 55 yr is middle age.


In the Bible men lived from 600 to 900 yrs old before the flood.  That means middle age was 300 to 450 yr old.  Can you imagine it.  At that age, they would have called them just a "baby" or "young whipper snappers."  I wonder what they looked like?  The texture of their skin.  How about their eye?  Cataracts?  How about their teeth & their physical condition?  

                           What about Enoch?        Genesis 5:22-24
22Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God after the birth of Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.  23So all the days of Enoch were 365 years.  24And Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God; and he was not, for God took him [home with Him].

Also, Methuselah I think was the oldest man to ever live.
Now after the flood, that was another story.  God said that man would not live past 120 years.

                                                   Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man, for he also is flesh; but his days shall yet be 120 years.

Dave loves for me to tell him when he is right.  In fact, if he was here, he would automatically say, "What did you say?"  I would then have to say super quietly, "You are right about 55 being a senior citizen."


In December we were doing some errands with Amy.  We stopped at Chick-fil-a for lunch.  Dave told me to go up to the counter & get a senior citizen coffee.  I was appalled!!   The worse part of the entire event was the guy at the counter didn't even second guess me.

The second incident was soon after that.  When Dave & I lived in Highlands, NC for ten years, we went to the movies in Franklin almost every weekend.  Well, we have been here for about three months & hadn't been once.  I was in movie deficient.  So we finally went to see one.  I can't even remember what the movie was at this point.  The title of the movie is not the point.  My point is Dave wanted me to ask for  senior citizen tickets.  In Highlands, we were not even in the age bracket yet.  But, would you believe we were in that bracket NOW!!!

I think I will agree with God.  If I live to be 120 yr old, then I'm right now at middle age.  If I die before 120 yr of age, then, what does it matter.  At least I don't have to tell Dave he was right :)  :)  :)  I love that!!!
                                                          ann :)

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