- Colonel Sanders began his Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise in his 60s
- Etiquette expert Emily Post didn’t write her first etiquette book until she was in her 50s
- Painter Grandma Moses didn’t pick up a paint brush until her 70s, and wasn’t discovered until her 80s.
- Ian Fleming (author of James Bond fiction character) didn’t write his first novel until he was 45.
- Buckminster Fuller, who invented the geodesic dome, wasn’t recognized until his 50s.
- Julia Child (French cookbook author) was in her 50s before she began her TV career.
- In his mid-50s Taikichiro Mori founded the business that made him, for a year or two, the richest man in the world.
- In professional sports, an athlete’s career usually ends in the mid-to-late 30s, so a player who breaks through in his late 20s/early 30s would be considered a late bloomer. Kurt Warner entered the NFL at age 28, and went on to become a two-time MVP (most valuable player) and Super Bowl champion
- Ronald Reagan, a former actor, union leader and corporate spokesman, was first elected to public office at 55 when he became Governor of California and remains the oldest man to have served as U.S. President, voted in at 69.
- Laura Ingalls Wilder became a columnist in her 40s, but did not publish her first novel in the Little House on the Prairie series until her 60s
- Richard Farnsworth became an actor after 40 years as a stunt man {although he had had a few small un-credited roles when younger}. (Known for Anne of Green Gables
What do these people have in common? They all walked in their dreams. Some later in life; others earlier (30’s 40’s).
It is NEVER too late to go after your dreams.
Jeremiah 29:11 – For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. (KJV)
No matter which translation you read this verse in, you will always find that God has a great plan for your life. No matter your age. No matter who you are or what you’ve done (you may have to repent or get saved). God has a plan for EVERY ONE OF US.
God’s plan is for our well-being, good and peace, a future of success, not evil, not disaster, not suffering!! He wants us to enjoy success in our life here on earth! Of course, you have to believe and receive and obey that.
When you ask Him to, God will bring you to the right pathway to this perfect plan for your life. In this pathway there is no death (Proverbs 12:28) – no death of dreams, no death of visions, no death of finances, and no death of health. As long as you agree and work with God.
Realize that it is NEVER too late to get on the right pathway that leads to the perfect plan God has for you. It is NEVER too late to live in the perfect story for your life.
I shared some people who achieved success later in life simply to show you that there is NO age barrier to walking in the plan God has for your life. He will always help you.
The important thing is to stay hooked up to Him and He will get you there.
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(MSG) “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.”
(CEV) “I will bless you with a future filled with hope – a future of success, not of suffering.”
(CJB) “For I know what plans I have in mind for you,’ says Adonai, “plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future.”
(NIrV) “I know the plans I have for you,” announces the Lord. “I want you to enjoy success. I do not plan to harm you. I will give you hope for the years to come.”
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