What the Elderly Can Offer Psalm 145:3–7 Additional Scripture Readings: Job 12:12; Psalm 92:12–15 According to recent statistics, the average church has an “experience bank” of about 3,700 years in their senior citizens. What a reservoir! What a storehouse! How many years of wisdom do the experts of your own family possess? Those experts preserve traditions passed down from one generation to another. They provide continuity and stability. They demonstrate a living faith that links the past, the present and the future. However it is passed down, the generations of your own family have much to offer you. The greatest gift you may be able to offer the elderly is the opportunity to share their offering with you. Record on video or audio tape their memories of earlier times. Ask them for that family recipe and then write it down for those who follow. Pull out the family Bible or genealogy and transcribe the births, weddings and deaths of those they remember so that you will never forget. Seek the offerings of the elderly. You and your children will be the beneficiaries.contentz.mkt4731/ra/2015/42428/01/47791429/nivdevotionsformom.jpg
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:00:18 +0000
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