The longer I engage with seniors and retirees, the more evident it is that retirement is merely a reference the fact that one has reached the qualifying age to formally cease full-time paid employment. It is by no means an indication that one ceases to be useful or effective, as some may think. The Bible does not include any retirement plan or make mention of people ever being passed their "use by" date. Our God of wonders is able to bless and use the lives of all, no matter what age or stage of life we might find ourselves.
How blessed we are to have resourceful, dedicated and faithful officer/soldier retirees within the ranks of The Salvation Army who minister effectively to the glory of God and the betterment of God's Kingdom. Their heart devotion is Love in motion. Hallelujah!
2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) ~ "...we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
