TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
(Kent Heaton)

There is an old saying that suggests you cannot teach an old dog a new trick. When it comes to old hound dogs it may be quite difficult to train them anew as you can a young pup. Old dogs get set in their ways and sometimes their minds just can't accept a new change. They would rather accept life as it is and let life go by in whatever hurried pace it wants. Inactivity is the best activity for the whole day during a cool breeze and a spot of sunlight. Old dogs just act that way. This affliction of old dogs can sometimes be found in the human breed of animals when a certain age is attained and the desire to learn something new is viewed with disinterest. Retirement goes beyond a secular world to include most things in life. Often children of God decide at a certain age their work is done and the Lord has nothing more for them to do. It is easier to let the younger folk do the work and the older group will take up their place on the side-lines of life.