Amazing Grace and Loving Aging AdultsSýnishorn

Peace As You Plan for Tomorrow

Caring for aging adults offers both challenges and opportunities. Planning ahead and choosing how you help them live in this new stage of life also can be enjoyable and purposeful. In fact, these days can be full and fulfilling, interesting and meaningful. It’s a time to help those you care for dream new dreams and make new plans. The focus tends to shift in this phase from “making a living” to making meaning from life. 

Planning well for their future helps your loved one move forward with peace and assurance in this transition time. There’s no time better than today than to plan for tomorrow.  Noah had to plan well and prepare long before the rains came. 

Remember, as you make plans, both for you and your loved one, take your plans to the Lord. He knows what’s best for you and your family. Set reachable goals for the future…for health and spirituality, for relationships and finances. You may be asked to help your loved one leave a legacy. Purposeful planning entails following His will. May you find guidance in His word, the Bible, and in other believers you trust. A God-given vision will give you purpose and eternal significance for yourself and those you love. 

Jesus taught that you must not be overly consumed though with plans for tomorrow. Your confidence must come from trusting Him and His will for your life. After all, the ultimate tomorrow becomes a blessed, eternal forever, when you and your loved one will enjoy the visible presence of our lord Jesus Christ in eternity. Thankfully, no matter what tomorrow brings, you can live in full dependence on the Lord and in eager anticipation of a glorious, forever future. May your days with your aging loved one feel full of hope. May you be a light of love and shine bright as you care for them each day.  

Lord, as I complete this plan, help me to have continual peace as I plan for tomorrow. Help me share with my loved one that their life is meaningful. May I be intentional in my loving thoughts and actions as I care for them. Thank You Lord that You know the future and help me place my trust in You. I find comfort and great peace that You are walking alongside me, today and every day. Thank You that we will experience eternal life in You and through you. May I offer light and hope as I care for others. Thank You for caring for me and showing me Your way today, and every day.