Young at heart!

IT is often said that you are as old as you feel. I must confess that, as the years pass by, there are days or moments when I feel my age, especially in the knees! These are usually times when I wish I was still able to do the things I used to be able to do. That said, I am grateful that I remain young at heart.

The joy of faith is that it enables us to look beyond. Time or age is not a parameter that need concern us when our focus is on an eternal God who meets us where we are and invites us to journey with him.

This week’s issue, ahead of the Army’s International Day of Children and Youth on Sunday 30 April, is focused on youth – in collaboration with the Children and Youth Department. As you read, I hope that it will encourage you, as it has me, to see how this eternal God is engaging with our young people today and enable you to be specific as you hold them up in prayer.

In his first letter to Timothy, Paul encourages him to be an example: ‘Don’t let anyone put you down because you’re young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanour, by love, by faith, by integrity’ (4:12 The Message).

May we each be an example to one another.

JULIAN WATCHORN EDITOR

MAJOR

EDITOR Major Julian Watchorn

MANAGING EDITOR Ivan Radford

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Simon Hope, George Tanton, Lyn Woods, Major Margaret Bovey

ART DIRECTOR Hannah Holden

GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Mark Knight, Louise Phillips

PROOFREADER Chris Horne

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