A Biblical Guide to Caring for Aging Parents
Caring for aging parents is a wonderful opportunity to honor them. At the same time, it can often be demanding and emotional. Whether there’s a difficult diagnosis involved or aging is taking its natural course, we need God’s help to navigate the challenges of caring for aging loved ones. The book Making Good Return: Biblical Wisdom for Honoring Aging Parents presents a scriptural guide to caretaking in a way that pleases God.
In his first letter to Timothy, Paul offers guidance for godly church leadership. In 1 Timothy 5:4, he specifically writes that widows are to be honored and cared for first not by the church but by their own children and grandchildren, who are “to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.”
That’s what this book explores: how adult children can make good return to their aging parents in a way that is pleasing to God. The book centers around five biblical truths: God sovereignly ordains our aging, He calls us to honor our elders, He sees the sufferings of age, He helps us to the end, and He reveals what is to come. You’ll be reminded that caregiving is an opportunity to honor your loved one, and you’ll be encouraged to respond with compassion, respect, and humility.
Making Good Return will help you or someone you know who is caring for elderly people navigate the challenges of caretaking with grace, hope, and faith.
