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Keep the Heart

When I’m 64~Growing Older in Our Culture

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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When I’m 64—Growing Older in Our Culture I grew up hearing the Beatles on the radio. One song that came out when I was about nine years old was called, “When I’m 64.” I didn’t care for the tune, and I only knew one line of the lyrics because I kept hearing it on the radio: “Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” The song didn't make sense to my young ears. "Why wouldn't someone feed him," I wondered, thinking he must have lived in a place where the food was scarce or something. To this day, I still over-analyze song lyrics. It's a quirk. At the time of that song, 64 sounded like GRANDMA-OLD to me. Now that I’m 64, I think they could rewrite the song to “When I’m 94.” As the saying goes, an old person is someone who is at least 15 years older than you. Ha! If you’re a young listener, don’t assume that this episode is not for you. You are in the process of becoming the person you will be in old age, so this is for you, too! Most people don’t want to even think about growing older, but it happens whether we’re thinking about it or not. Some live to be very old, while others have a shorter life span, but aging is a required part of long life. Let’s consider this topic of growing older with a goal of improving in this area. Make a Birthday Donation to the Podcast! NEW! Rose Gold KJV Personal Size Bible NEW! Be Like Jesus T-shirt Ponder the Path: A 31-Day Devotional Encouragement for Women: A 30-Day Devotional Keep the Heart on Instagram Keep the Heart on Facebook Francie on Facebook

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I grew up hearing the Beatles on the radio. Any Beatles fans out there? I was not a fan.

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But one song that came out while I was about nine years old was called When I'm 64.

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I didn't even like the tune, and I only knew one line in the lyrics because it kept coming on the radio.

0:19.9

Radio was a big deal back then,

0:21.9

but that line, will you still need me? Will you still feed me when I'm 64? I remember wondering

0:28.7

as a child, why would anybody ask the question, will you still feed me? In my child like mine,

0:36.3

I was analyzing the lyrics and to this day day, I still hyper-analyzed lyrics to

0:41.5

songs. But what kind of people was he living with? That's what my nine-year-old mind was thinking.

0:46.7

At the time, 64 sounded like grandma old to my elementary age years. Now guess who's 64? Yes, I am. I think they could rewrite that

0:59.5

song to when I'm 94. Because as the saying goes, an old person is someone who is at least 15 years

1:06.2

older than you are. Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

1:15.5

Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher.

1:19.0

She is passionate about teaching what to do with what we learn from God's Word.

1:24.9

Now back to today's valuable study.

1:31.3

Thank you. from God's Word. Now back to today's valuable study. Welcome to the birthday episode, When I'm 64, growing older in our culture. If you're a young

1:39.9

listener, which young used to be 20s, but now I consider 40s to be young, don't assume that this

1:47.5

episode is not for you. You are in the process of becoming the person that you will be in old age,

1:53.3

so this is for you too. Most people don't even want to think about growing older, but it happens

1:58.7

whether we think about it or not. Some live to be very old

2:02.2

while others have a shorter lifespan, but aging is a required part of long life. Let's consider this

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topic with a goal of improving in this area. First, we observe that older people were meant to

2:15.7

teach younger people. Titus chapter two gives a great list

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