My husband’s grandfather went about on horse and buggy in his youth. When he was in his nineties, astronauts landed on the moon. He said, “Bah humbug!” I remember thinking of air travel as a rare, coveted experience; now we hop on an airplane as if boarding a bus. Change!

Wars and rumors of wars (Matthew 24:6) accelerate change and history repeats itself. Israel didn’t learn; neither does the modern world. We seniors have lived long enough to see these cycles repeat themselves “like shifting shadows” (James 1:17 NIV). Shadows disappear when we look directly at God. James guides us to our only anchor, our God.