CARING FOR THE ELDERLY-A CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITY

DEVOTED parents nurture their children through infancy, childhood, and the teenage years.  Even when young people reach adulthood and have their own families, their fathers and mothers continue  to give them their loving attention and support.  

Although there is a limit to what humans can do for their children, our heavenly Father is always able to give his faithful servants loving attention and support. Addressing his chosen people of ancient times, Jehovah stated:  "Even to one's old age I ma the same One; and to one's gray-headedness I myself shall keep bearing up." (Isaiah 46:4) What reassuring  words these are for older Christians!  Jehovah does not abandon those who remain loyal to him. Rather, he promises to sustain, support, and guide them throughout their lives, even into old age. -Psalm 48:14. 

How can we imitate Jehovah's loving concern for the elderly?  (Ephesians 5:1, 2) Let us consider ways in which children, congregation overseers, and individual Christians can care for the needs of senior members of our worldwide brotherhood. 

Next time: Our Responsibility as Children 

From the Watchtower magazine, 2004