The Lord knows and loves
the elderly and has bestowed many of His greatest responsibilities upon them.
President Benson said we can make the most of our senior years by...
- Working in the
temple and attend often.
- Collect
and write family histories.
- Become involved
in missionary service.
- Provide
leadership by building family togetherness.
- Accept and
fulfill Church callings.
- Plan for your
financial future.
- Render
Christlike service.
- Stay physically
fit, healthy, and active.
Serving others helps heal those who have lost loved
ones or who dread being alone.
To those who have lost your spouses, we should also like to express our
love. Sometimes there is for some of you a feeling of uselessness and aloneness
which can be almost overwhelming. In so many instances, this need not be so. In
addition to the eight suggestions just mentioned, here is a sampling of
activities that have proved helpful to others.
We
encourage families to give their elderly parents and grandparents the love,
care, and attention they deserve. Let us remember the scriptural command that
we must care for those of our own house lest we be found “worse than an
infidel” (1 Timothy 5:8). I am so grateful for my own
dear family and for the loving care they have given their parents over so many
years.
We … urge
priesthood leaders of the elderly to be sensitive to the Spirit of our Father
in Heaven in assessing and meeting the spiritual, physical, emotional, and
financial needs of the elderly. We trust you will utilize your counselors,
Melchizedek Priesthood quorum leaders, and Relief Society leaders, home
teachers, and visiting teachers in this great responsibility, for we must
fulfill these duties without reluctance or hesitation. God bless the
elderly in the Church. I love you with all my heart. I am one of you.
You have
so much to live for. May these golden years be your very best years as you
fully live and love and serve. And God bless those who minister to your
needs—your family, your friends, and your fellow Church members and leaders.
Serving others helps heal those who have lost loved ones or who dread being alone.
To those who have lost your spouses, we should also like to express our love. Sometimes there is for some of you a feeling of uselessness and aloneness which can be almost overwhelming. In so many instances, this need not be so. In addition to the eight suggestions just mentioned, here is a sampling of activities that have proved helpful to others.
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