Welcome to Paul Tripp's Wednesday's Word podcast. I'm Dalton from the Paul Trip

Ministries team, and each week I'll read aloud Paul's popular Wednesday's word devotional,

short, powerful reflections that connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

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This week, Paul shows us that aging exposes the true desires of our hearts

and reminds us that lasting peace in later years comes only when our functional theology

rests in the sovereign love and care of God.

Here's this week's Wednesday's word.

When we are younger, we tend to breeze through life with naivety and a lack of awareness. Of course, there can be young people who are wise and mature beyond their years,

but with the passing years of life comes gained life experience.

That can often translate into righteous wisdom and maturity,

but increased suffering and bitterness can also accompany increased age and life experience.

I want to continue our series on aging by helping us prepare for

and lessen the troubles, regrets, and bitterness that can come with adding years to our lives.

Last week, I outlined how unexpected events trigger a new awareness

and how our foolish interpretations can trouble our own trouble.

Those were the first three out of five common threads that run through the eight Ds of aging.

Disatisfaction, disorientation, discouragement, dread, disappointment, disinterest, distance, and distraction.

Here are the final two themes.

Number four, ruling desires.

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