“Well,” you may think, “That’s a dumb question. Of course I want to slow aging but there is just no way to do it. The candles on the birthday cake just keep adding up.” While it is true that our aging numbers get larger every year, that doesn’t mean that we have to age at that pace.
Yale University researchers have found that cumulative stress can accelerate a person’s biological clock in a healthy person faster than even being overweight. But individuals who paid attention to their stressors and meditated and learned to control their responses to stress triggers, were able to add months or years to their lives.
I find this study to be very interesting and useful. It encourages me as to the benefits of spending quiet time with the Lord. King David stated so clearly in Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed is the one who does no walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.”
I believe these are wise words that, if we pay attention, just might help to slow aging. What do you think?