Christians
Early today, I had a chat with a lady about her father who is in his eighties. He seems to start behaving like a little child. As the conversation progressed, I can also see her Dad's reactions in my little boy's reactions and behaviour. I also saw some parallel with my Dad who is now a bit over seventy years old.
We then spoke about other elderly relatives and friends and how they see life. A number of them are bitter and always angry about their own lives. When we look at their lives at the outset, we reckon they have a lot more blessings to be thankful for yet they behave as if they are worse off than anyone else in the world. At a seniors' school, we also see the same patterns: some are still happy and cheery even in their 80's and 90's and some are never satisfied with what they have or who they are or who they have become.
Based on our observations with people surrounding us, we somehow came to the same conclusion that most of those who were behaving badly in their old age were the non-Christians.
The people we know, which is of course very limited, who were Christians and had a strong faith in God, were more hopeful, cheerful and trusting. In their old age, even if they are not financially well off, they are still hoping for a better tomorrow, that the sun will shine tomorrow for them.
They can still crack a joke, endure long journeys, happy with what they have, who they are and what they do.
But inspite of it all, the elderly have also been young and we do not know what they have gone through. All we can really do is pray for them that even at this stage in their lives, they can still see the sun shining through, hope to win, change for the better and look forward to being with and living with a Loving God.
We then spoke about other elderly relatives and friends and how they see life. A number of them are bitter and always angry about their own lives. When we look at their lives at the outset, we reckon they have a lot more blessings to be thankful for yet they behave as if they are worse off than anyone else in the world. At a seniors' school, we also see the same patterns: some are still happy and cheery even in their 80's and 90's and some are never satisfied with what they have or who they are or who they have become.
Based on our observations with people surrounding us, we somehow came to the same conclusion that most of those who were behaving badly in their old age were the non-Christians.
The people we know, which is of course very limited, who were Christians and had a strong faith in God, were more hopeful, cheerful and trusting. In their old age, even if they are not financially well off, they are still hoping for a better tomorrow, that the sun will shine tomorrow for them.
They can still crack a joke, endure long journeys, happy with what they have, who they are and what they do.
But inspite of it all, the elderly have also been young and we do not know what they have gone through. All we can really do is pray for them that even at this stage in their lives, they can still see the sun shining through, hope to win, change for the better and look forward to being with and living with a Loving God.
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