“Teach us to number our days
So we may develop a heart of
wisdom.”
-Psalm 90:12
Did y’all know that it is a privilege, a blessing from God, to be able
to reach old age? Both my husband and I have had this great privilege because
we love the Lord and follow in His footsteps. Never forget that time, life pass
very quickly and that aging is the only way to live a long time. As you age,
you stop thinking so much about yourself, and more about others. Many people
don’t reach eighty because they waste time trying to hold on to forty. We all
want to live a long time, but none of us wants to feel old.
Even if you can’t
understand all these things about age and such, don’t fret, but this do: live
your life well and with much wisdom. Now I want talk about good, reasonable
advice from Ernest Cortazar’s book, How to
Love Elderly People:
Let the elderly people speak because there is, in their past, a memory of
truth, beauty, and good. Let them win in discussions (even if you’re right),
because they need to feel sure of themselves. Let them visit their old friends
so that they can relive their experiences together. Let them tell their stories
to you over and over because they enjoy it when we listen to them. Let them go
on vacation with you because the year after that you will regret not letting
them go if they’re gone. Let them age with loving-patience, in the same way you
let your children grow up with loving-patience. Let them die in the loving arms of their
family because that’ll help them feel and realize God’s love all the more.
Since old age is the most unexpected thing that happens to humans,
remember, dear reader that it is good that you let elderly people keep on
learning. Don’t feel useless in your old age because many of us still need of
your love, joy, warmth, and smile. Regardless of how old you are, it is important
that you learn to love enough and to
not live by your past errors; don’t repeat past errors.
Let us now pray so that the Lord Jesus Christ is always number one in
our hearts and in our families. Let us now pray so that he fills us with much
love toward everyone, elderly people especially. Let Him be the focus of your
life so that you won’t fix your eyes on the things of this word, for they
quickly fade, but rather on the things of Heaven.
With much love,
Maria Fanny Agudelo
10/20/2016
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