Hey there, friends. Welcome back to the morning mindset.

Kerry Green here. I'm glad you're along for the journey today as we seek to get our minds

aligned with the truth of God. And this series through Proverbs has been slowing down a little

bit recently because the verses that I am using each day haven't really connected well.

We've had individual verses that just address one topic and usually if I can find a number

of verses within a chapter that address the same topic, I'll deal with all of them together.

But man, I hope you're not feeling short-changed because these verses are packed with powerful

insights. I encourage you to stick around. We're going to get a lot out of today's episode

before we get there though. You may not be aware that I'm also a writer. I have a number

of books both fiction and nonfiction that you may benefit from. You can check all of that

out at kerrygreen.com slash books and the link is in the description for this episode.

All right, today we're looking at Proverbs chapter 20 verse 29. And you may have noticed

that the title of the episode is strength and gray hair. Those are two things that do

not seem to go together. But as you'll see in this verse, that's the very point Solomon's

trying to make is they don't go together, but there are benefits in both contexts. Let's

read it. It says the glory of young men is their strength. But the splendor of old men

is their gray hair. And this is a very interesting passage because what is doing is it's contrasting

two stages of life. Though Solomon is using a man as an example, this could equally apply

to women. In that case, it might say the glory of young women is their beauty, but the

splendor of old women is their gray hair. You know, it could very easily say the same thing.

And the point that Solomon is trying to point out is that both stages of life have their

pluses and have their minuses. Both stages of life are equally valuable. And it's implied

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