Spending time with elderly

December 26 (2009)

Favorite moment of the day:  Spending time with my sweet grandparents.  It’s been too long since I’ve seen them.

                  We can learn a lot by spending time with the elderly.  We learn personal history and family stories.  We learn how to do things that are quickly fading in today’s society – quilting, gardening, canning fruits and vegetables.  There’s so much to gain by spending time with people from older generations.  The same is true about reading the Bible.  When we read the Bible, it’s like having a conversation with others from long ago.  We learn things that we can still apply to our daily lives.  We grow closer to Jesus when we read the stories of his life.  When I read the parables he told, it feels like I am there, listening to him tell it for the first time.  We should all spend more time with our elder loved ones and also reading the word of God.