So what's next? Perhaps there's a show we would like to be part of coming up in a few months. We can only reasonably expect to be in three a year, although very occasionally it can be four. Sometimes there are two shows we fancy, but so close together that we have to choose one or the other. However, as we get older there are less parts that we are eligible to do and some that we physically can't do either. So we will retire from performing. We may still help with painting scenery or "front of house", but eventually we will give up altogether, our glory days just a lovely memory until we pass away.
We may have to work longer in the future so we will plan for our retirement. Over the years we may get that promotion we wanted and maybe more. Our earnings increase, but so do our expenses! We may aspire to run our own company, and some will achieve this. But finally we will make it to retirement. Maybe we will indulge ourselves in a little hobby that we never had enough time for before, but for some it's just a case of waiting for the end to come.
With God we never retire. Although our daily job may be ended and our theatre work is done we are still busy with God's work. He continues to guide us and help us right up to the moment we are ready to leave this earth. So we will keep on working to please our Lord, not for fame or wealth or glory, but because we can. And we believe there is a greater reward waiting for us than we can ever imagine.
Keep on striving, Heaven will wait.
Jim Finch
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