Title: The Geriatric Giant Killer
Author: J. Gerald Harris
Text: Joshua 14:6-15
In my old age Caleb has become my hero, because at age 85 he went up against the giants who inhabited the land of Canaan and won victory after victory over men who were twice as big as he was and 60 years younger than he was.
I remember going to see my dad when he had his 80th birthday. He always had a great sense of humor, and I asked him, "Dad, what do you have to say for yourself as an 80-year-old man."
He said, "I've concluded that by the time a man finds greener pastures, he too old to climb the fence."
Well, there are many of us who are getting to what I call the metallic age. We have gold in our teeth, silver in our hair, and lead in our pants.
But it was Robert Browning who said, "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made."
Some of you may know Stan Cottrell. He is a member of First Baptist Church here in Atlanta; and he is a wonderful Christian gentleman. He is a runner. In 1980 when he was 37 years old, he ran across America from NYC to San Francisco - 3,068 miles - in 48 days. He had to average 66 miles a day to accomplish this amazing feat.
But on his 78th birthday, May 7, 2021, he did it again. It took him 100 days, but that required him to run almost 32 miles a day. He said Mother Nature and Father Time had slowed him down, but he is now 80, has run over 270,000 miles in his life and is still running.
He said, "We only grow old when we desert our dreams. When all hope is gone, that wrinkles our soul."
In this message I want us to look at one of the compellingly interesting characters of the Old Testament. His name is Caleb. He was a mighty man of God - a man of virtue, a man of vision, a man of valor, and a man of victory - a man who was at his best when he was 85 years old.
Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, was a part of Israel when the children of Israel left Egypt. He placed the blood of the ...
Author: J. Gerald Harris
Text: Joshua 14:6-15
In my old age Caleb has become my hero, because at age 85 he went up against the giants who inhabited the land of Canaan and won victory after victory over men who were twice as big as he was and 60 years younger than he was.
I remember going to see my dad when he had his 80th birthday. He always had a great sense of humor, and I asked him, "Dad, what do you have to say for yourself as an 80-year-old man."
He said, "I've concluded that by the time a man finds greener pastures, he too old to climb the fence."
Well, there are many of us who are getting to what I call the metallic age. We have gold in our teeth, silver in our hair, and lead in our pants.
But it was Robert Browning who said, "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be, the last of life for which the first was made."
Some of you may know Stan Cottrell. He is a member of First Baptist Church here in Atlanta; and he is a wonderful Christian gentleman. He is a runner. In 1980 when he was 37 years old, he ran across America from NYC to San Francisco - 3,068 miles - in 48 days. He had to average 66 miles a day to accomplish this amazing feat.
But on his 78th birthday, May 7, 2021, he did it again. It took him 100 days, but that required him to run almost 32 miles a day. He said Mother Nature and Father Time had slowed him down, but he is now 80, has run over 270,000 miles in his life and is still running.
He said, "We only grow old when we desert our dreams. When all hope is gone, that wrinkles our soul."
In this message I want us to look at one of the compellingly interesting characters of the Old Testament. His name is Caleb. He was a mighty man of God - a man of virtue, a man of vision, a man of valor, and a man of victory - a man who was at his best when he was 85 years old.
Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, was a part of Israel when the children of Israel left Egypt. He placed the blood of the ...
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