Take The Time To Share With Senior Citizens, Their Wisdom Is Truly Incredible

Today I was touched by several conversations with a variety of seniors. One woman shared with me that she never had health insurance until she was older and how God took care of her up until the very point when she received health insurance. Illness struck her husband and then herself but even through all of that their insurance covered everything. By the way she is no longer ill also. She felt led to share with me and interrupt the conversation to share that with me. I sensed and inquired of her if she was a believer just by her speaking and the nudging of the Holy Spirit, she is. She went on to tell me that the Lord always takes care of her.
There was an elderly gentleman that truly touched my heart today. Even as I ponder about the conversation we had it brings tears to my eyes. This man had a deep love for his wife. I just sensed again to ask a question or two and it was his response that touched my heart and while we spoke it also brought tears to my eyes. He shared with me that he was married to his wife a very long time and she just died a bit before Christmas (just a few short days ago.) I heard the sorrow in his voice and he began to cry. I let him cry a bit and I tried to use words to console him. He continued to cry even through that. I am most thankful that the Holy Spirit gives me wisdom in these particular moments, a small window of opportunity allotted to me to minister to the hurting. I never ever want to take these moments for granted. It humbles me to be able to bless another via words of encouragement and sharing the love of Jesus within me with them.
I suggested that maybe pulling out their wedding album may bring comfort to him. He said they brought many pictures out for the funeral. He went on to share with me that they became the parents of several orphans years ago. A family of children in which they did not want to see the siblings separated and adopted individually. What a comfort of some sorts to this man in his time of need. I mentioned to him that when the children were young and they needed help, him and his wife came into their lives to help them and now it is his time of need and those very children that they rescued are now there to help him in his time of need. I asked him if his wife was a believer and I found myself beginning to console him with the thought that one day he will be with her again for all of eternity in heaven. I asked him if I may pray for him and he told me yes, that is just what I did. At the conclusion I asked him to look for me in heaven one day and introduce himself and his wife to me. He said he would and I think I chuckled and told him I would have a tambourine in my hand.
Throughout the past several weeks I found myself saying those very words to several people that are believers. When we are all in heaven for eternity I will have a bunch of new friends that I will look forward to meeting and sitting with them to hear their great stories they will have to share with me. God is good all of the time and all of the time God is good.
If you know of someone that is a senior citizen please do not neglect to visit with them. You just may not know of the heavy burden they may be carrying and you come along to ease the load for them for a brief period of time. I am most thankful of my mother. My final thoughts on the subject of senior citizens: I have had the distinct privilege and honor to meet some wonderful, intelligent, witty, kind, and sincere seniors via the telephone. Do not take them for granted when you hear their age. There is much wisdom to be learned and gleaned from them. The key to your next breakthrough may come from the wisdom of a senior, be it a parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or even an acquaintance. Do not let them go to be with the Lord without them sharing their story with you. Their story may be your key to glory in your life. Think about it.