I recently heard someone describe a person’s teens, 20s, and 30s as a season of sowing. Middle age and beyond is a season of reaping. The so-called mid-life crisis often stems from the realization that what one is reaping is not what they had hoped for in their years of sowing.
Proverbs 4:18 reads:
“The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day.”
Think about that. The way of the righteous gets more and more compelling as time (“the day”) tumbles on. In one’s teenage years, for example, the way of the righteous seems incomprehensible, even foolish. But as one enters their sowing years (usually middle age and beyond) the wisdom of the righteous path grows more evident.