Never give up!

A railroad bell that was made in 1859 is still clanging merrily. For its first 25 years, it served aboard a locomotive train on the New York-Florida line. For its next 50 years, it summoned pupils to class in a one-room schoolhouse in a rural community in the south of the USA. When the school was closed, the bell sounded no more. It fell silent. But 30 years later, it was found abandoned. But it was quickly dusted off and shined, and installed in an adult education building in Deltona, Florida. Like this locomotive bell, none of us is ever too old to serve – to make a generous contribution to life, in any capacity to which God is calling us to serve. Age, like youth, has its problems, but it has many more promises. Let’s not overlook the promise and potential we can find inside of us.