Suppose someone handed you a sponge filled with water to drink.

How hard you squeeze the sponge over your open mouth would depend on how thirsty you are.

If you are not very thirsty you might say, “Uh, no thanks, I prefer to drink from a glass.”

If you were in the desert and had no water for days you would squeeze out every drop with all your might.

Life is like the water and each day is like the sponge.

How hard you squeeze that daily sponge depends on your thirst for life and what life tastes like for you.

Some people enjoy life and want to squeeze the most out of each day.

But for some life is like having to drink bitter water with many hardships and disappointments.

The American dream is to drink freely of life, liberty, and to pursue happiness.

But if your dreams have been shattered and you have lost the joy of living, I have good news for you.

In John 10:10, Jesus reveals this: “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

When Jesus is living inside your heart, He makes life taste good.

When life tastes good you can’t stop drinking it in.

A life-squeezer faces each day with anticipation for good things to happen.

But when bad things occur, the person of faith in God has a solid rock on which to stand.

This article is really about how you, as a senior adult, view life.

I want to encourage you to cherish life more.

You were given physical life for the pursuit of discovering spiritual destiny.

The older we get the more our health is threatened.

The longer we live, the more funerals we attend.

But we can also be more driven to squeeze the most out of life and not let circumstances squeeze the life out of us!

Next week: 91 years ago, Oct. 29, 1929

Dan Williams is the senior adult pastor at Lexington Baptist Church.