Emphasis Preaching Journal

Moses got a lot of opportunities during his overly full lifetime, but there were limits. He saw the promised land but was not allowed to go into it. God puts limits on us all, and expects us to accept them. The writer, W. Somerset Maugham, was honored on his eightieth birthday with a dinner party in London. When he rose to speak, he said, "There are many virtues in growing old." He paused and looked around the table. The silence stretched to thirty seconds and then a minute.