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Oh no, he is my main minister. I love him but I understand as he is in his 80's. I am happy for him. That is sad for us.
A lot of people say they're against retirement but then age catches up with them. This guy is in his 80s. For all we know he's got a diagnosis of some sort that he doesn't care to share yet and that is his reason for stepping back. It could also be that the work is wearing him out to the point he can't do it like he used to. How a man feels at 60 is not the same as 80, unfortunately the 60 year old self doesn't anticipate how difficult things will be at 80.Still I'm confused about this, he decidedly doesn't believe in retirement... but this will definitely cut his work. I wonder if due to his age the church wanted him to step down now, or if this was truly his choice...If his choice, is his health failing, I wonder...
I have to say, Charles Stanley is a great man of God. Much respect.
Yes, but he goes by Andy on "Your Move." I like his fast-paced, automatic weapon fire style of his sermons as it keeps you working hard and straining, listening on the edge of your seat but they lack the depth and focus his father provides. He is still good to listen to even if it is just for a great brain exercise/workout in good material. He seems to cater to the much younger audiences than his father of which there hasn't been much time yet, to accumulate a lot of depth and wisdom to their thought life. I can see your bias towards his formal name, Andrewn.Charles Stanley is 88 y/o. I like both him and his son Andrew. Great preachers.
My internal medicine Dr. informed me that a WHOLE LOT of physical degradation occurs between the ages of 55-60 when I shared with him my frustrations of such at 58 or so, regardless of how hard we exercise or psyche ourselves up. In my experiences I see those who devote exponentially more time and work and pain trying to deny such. They SHOW that they can perform the same but what they don't share is how much more time and exercise, practice, and pain they endure just to perform the same show. They hide this evidence from others that their body HAS degraded and delude themselves in their denial: PRIDE of Life (1 Jn 2:16.) And those fortunate ones who had occupations which did not task their bodies with high impacts and strains and injuries and the like (as I and many, many others) who now run Marathons and such in their retirement years, great for you, but don't be foolish enough to even begin comparing your abilities with one who has beat, stressed, strained, and injured their bodies for decades as a course of the demands of their occupations.How a man feels at 60 is not the same as 80, unfortunately the 60 year old self doesn't anticipate how difficult things will be at 80.
What most younger people haven't realized yet is that when one gets up there in years one is now taking all kinds of meds for all kinds of things which slow them down, make it very difficult to wake up in the morning (no amount of the tabooed coffee will work), and all kinds of other side effects which impede one, BUT one discovers that doctors consider harsher, even fatal, possible side effects an acceptable risk when they are treating stuff that could be fatal. Additionally, there are all kinds of blasted things which accumulate that you just can not ignore that one has to do to take care of themselves which take a LOT of precious time, like rubbing in several layers of pain or anti-inflammatory creme every night and having to diligently wash your hands so you don't burn your eyeball out from rubbing it in your sleep, cleaning and filling a CPAP machine, extra time caring for teeth/dentures, drugs which have all kinds of rules precluding eating and drinking coffee or ever eating stuff you love, like grapefruit, needing to move slower, esp when standing up even if you can move three times faster (if you do not remember, your body will remind you as you start to pass out), and all kinds of other joyful stuff. But we learn to be content with whatever life throws at us if we are faithfully relying upon our Heavenly Father. So, even though one may only work part-time usually there may be a full time job of following all of the doctors rules to take care of oneself. When we are younger, we think it is not going to happen to me, but we cannot beat the decay and death of our bodies/tents. The Lord IS good and will provide, regardless.Hopefully he can enjoy a long healthy semi-retirement.
Been there, doing that.What most younger people haven't realized yet is that when one gets up there in years one is now taking all kinds of meds for all kinds of things which slow them down, make it very difficult to wake up in the morning (no amount of the tabooed coffee will work), and all kinds of other side effects which impede one, BUT one discovers that doctors consider harsher, even fatal, possible side effects an acceptable risk when they are treating stuff that could be fatal. Additionally, there are all kinds of blasted things which accumulate that you just can not ignore that one has to do to take care of themselves which take a LOT of precious time, like rubbing in several layers of pain or anti-inflammatory creme every night and having to diligently wash your hands so you don't burn your eyeball out from rubbing it in your sleep, cleaning and filling a CPAP machine, extra time caring for teeth/dentures, drugs which have all kinds of rules precluding eating and drinking coffee or ever eating stuff you love, like grapefruit, needing to move slower, esp when standing up even if you can move three times faster (if you do not remember, your body will remind you as you start to pass out), and all kinds of other joyful stuff. But we learn to be content with whatever life throws at us if we are faithfully relying upon our Heavenly Father. So, even though one may only work part-time usually there may be a full time job of following all of the doctors rules to take care of oneself. When we are younger, we think it is not going to happen to me, but we cannot beat the decay and death of our bodies/tents. The Lord IS good and will provide, regardless.
I had a sense that there were plenty here with what I described and much worse going on in their lives. If i only knew how foolish I was working so hard, 3 jobs simultaneously sometimes and two jobs most of the time, trying to provide the most that I could for my "wanting" family (while I was absent) and thinking that when I retired I would be able to rest and enjoy life. Oh how much I wish someone had beat it into me that that was so foolish and that I should have been happy with being financially poor but rich in family relationships and enjoying doing the outdoor things I love while my body was still able.Been there, doing that.
God bless and take care.
LOL, I worked on the railroad, maintaining the tracks. That was extremely hard and physically damaging work. We did things almost the same way that they did in the late 1800's so almost no one made it to retirement age before the bodies broke down and they were put on disability. That being said, my motto was "I don't live to work, I work to live".I had a sense that there were plenty here with what I described and much worse going on in their lives. If i only knew how foolish I was working so hard, 3 jobs simultaneously sometimes and two jobs most of the time, trying to provide the most that I could for my "wanting" family (while I was absent) and thinking that when I retired I would be able to rest and enjoy life. Oh how much I wish someone had beat it into me that that was so foolish and that I should have been happy with being financially poor but rich in family relationships and enjoying doing the outdoor things I love while my body was still able.