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Too young to die
'Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me ...' Joshua 14:12
Ah, Disney World - the only place on earth where it's perfectly acceptable to hug a six foot rodent without fear of men in white jackets whisking you away to a place with padded walls. However, Mickey Mouse's stamping ground wasn't just sneezed out of Walt Disney's imagination - it was expertly designed and carefully constructed by grey-haired architect, Joe Fowler. This specialist designer was 55 when he built Disneyland in California. Not one for propping up Zimmer frames, Fowler then put together Disney World in Florida, aged 71.
At 87, he was asked to build a futuristic theme park called the Epcot Centre. While most of his mates were being sized up for coffins, Joe Fowler was taking on another enormous task. Why? 'You don't have to die until you want to!', was his answer. He completed the job in 1993 before retiring, aged 99.
Phew! Know what? You're never too old and you're never too young to take on enormous tasks of your own. God is probably not asking you to build Disney World, Barnsley in your local Tesco car park but there may be a wild-eyed dream you've got lurking in your heart. With God's expert design and your willingness to construct, anything is possible.
At 85 years of age, Caleb said to Joshua, 'Give me this [mountain] that the Lord promised me [45 years ago].' Did he get it? Yes. And you have 70 years' head start on Caleb - so no excuses, all right?
written by Bob Gass
'Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me ...' Joshua 14:12
Ah, Disney World - the only place on earth where it's perfectly acceptable to hug a six foot rodent without fear of men in white jackets whisking you away to a place with padded walls. However, Mickey Mouse's stamping ground wasn't just sneezed out of Walt Disney's imagination - it was expertly designed and carefully constructed by grey-haired architect, Joe Fowler. This specialist designer was 55 when he built Disneyland in California. Not one for propping up Zimmer frames, Fowler then put together Disney World in Florida, aged 71.
At 87, he was asked to build a futuristic theme park called the Epcot Centre. While most of his mates were being sized up for coffins, Joe Fowler was taking on another enormous task. Why? 'You don't have to die until you want to!', was his answer. He completed the job in 1993 before retiring, aged 99.
Phew! Know what? You're never too old and you're never too young to take on enormous tasks of your own. God is probably not asking you to build Disney World, Barnsley in your local Tesco car park but there may be a wild-eyed dream you've got lurking in your heart. With God's expert design and your willingness to construct, anything is possible.
At 85 years of age, Caleb said to Joshua, 'Give me this [mountain] that the Lord promised me [45 years ago].' Did he get it? Yes. And you have 70 years' head start on Caleb - so no excuses, all right?
written by Bob Gass
