Proverbs VIII
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:6 ESV)
Young and Old
I did not start depositing $100.00 a month when I was 16, to allow the savings to grow and add the magic of compound interest.
It is one of my life’s regrets.
But is it too late, now?
Financial advisors would agree that it is regrettable that I did not start this while I was young. But it is still better to start at 55 than to not do it at all. And perhaps even better to begin at 65, and save for a few years, than to throw up my hands and say, “It is not worth it.”
Even more so when it comes to learning about God’s way.
Perhaps because ‘when we are old’ might refer to the years of eternity that we will be ‘not departing.’ Perhaps because even a day of following the Lord’s way is like a thousand years in His sight. Perhaps because following God’s way actually continues to be learned all the way through our lives, no matter when we begin!
Maybe we can start investing again, today.