Jesus also comes to us, calling us to love one another, to care for God’s beloved children. See his abundant way of life, move beyond your failure, and love other people. To love Jesus is to love others, the sheep of his flock, in the way Jesus loves them. Listen. Can you hear him say to you, “Do you love me? Then care for my flock.”

Whatever you need in the moment, your spiritual soundtrack of old hymns is there to fill your mind and your heart. Go ahead and sing out loud – God loves a cheerful singer!

The story* of In the Bulb reveals how our hope of resurrection shapes our lives, especially as we ponder the ending of our lives on this earth and our resurrection to eternal life.

Jesus said to her (Mary), “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. – John 11:25-26

So we do not glorify the cross; we do not romanticize the cross. If the cross was the end of the story, we would not still be gathering to observe it two thousand years later. Instead, redemption is found in the Resurrection. It is in the empty tomb where we find hope and the cross is given new meaning.

One of the spiritual themes of aging is to find meaning and purpose in your life as you grow older. You find meaning in life by receiving God’s love and accepting that you are loved by God, not for what you do, but for who you are. You find purpose in life through the love you show toward others, allowing God’s love that you have received and accepted, to flow through you to others.