There is no substitute for experience.
The more I live, the more I realize the wisdom of those who have gone before me. I am grateful for the "old guys" that are willing to sit down with me and share their perspectives on our world, our God, and the people we interact with daily. It is funny to me how a young man will sit down and read a book about something, thinking he understands. If he is wise, he will sit with someone with experience and talk the subject over. If he is a fool, he will disregard experience.
What a great teacher experience is!
I am fearful that we don't take full advantage of this in our churches. Age draws lines between generations and the younger folks are left ignorant and the older folks feel ignored. This is a horrible tragedy. If we want to move into the future and have any lasting success, we must combine the instinct of the young with the wisdom of ages. One without the other either becomes stagnated or foolish.
Throughout the scriptures, we are mandated to learn and teach. This doesn't just happen in Sunday school rooms. This happens when we "sit in our houses...walk by the way...lie down...rise up" (Deut. 6:6). The classroom of life is where our greatest lessons are learned.
If you are not in fellowship with folks from another generation in our church, you are absent from one of the most fundamental, life giving aspects of being in Christ.
I would encourage you all to pour yourself into others. And don't let age create iron barriers that interrupt the flow of wisdom.
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