Speaking to the gray-haired shepherds, more specifically to the ones who were not in it for the power, the position, or the celebrity, Peter writes in I Peter 5.4:
When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
First of all, I never contemplated the concept of crowns that fade, that just goes to show I don’t know as much as I think I know.
But crowns... When I read Revelation, it is revealed to me that crowns are mostly for taking off to cast before His throne.
That, to me, makes a whole lot more sense than wearing it.
He is worthy.