Working toward retirement?
I had a conversation with a person the other day who has retired and finds himself just a little "cooped up" in the house these days. He isn't really that unique to some who have no specific "function" to perform once they retire. Many will recount how much they looked forward to retirement - hoping for lazy days, leisurely coffee in the mornings, and an occasional trip abroad to explore places on their "bucket list". Then in almost the next breath, you will begin to hear this "hint" of remorse because retirement isn't working out as they planned. Either they lost the one they hoped to spend all that time with, or they seem a little bit "lost" because they have more time on their hands than they counted on. The truth is God made us to "work", not retire. The first definition for "retire" in the dictionary usually refers to this process of "going away or apart", as in to withdraw. It takes a co...