I am blessed with two. I say that with sincerity and disregard for all the mother-in-law jokes I hear.
Over the past years, some of my great moments of discussion and encouragement have come from my “married into” relations. I have recipes and great baking. I have a regard for those who wisdom is held in 85 year old bodies but whose minds are still 16.
I wonder what would happen if we turned our thinking to the wisdom found in those older than ourselves. As we look at the possibility of getting a new senior pastor here, our seniors have mentioned the need to look for someone who understands seniors.
I’m slowly coming to see the meaning in that statement. It’s not about having to change who a minister is. Rather, a minister must be able to both understand progress (which a younger group requires) and finality (which an older group understands).
World War II provided us with a baby boom. That boom resulted in amazing progress in the decades following. Now the daily news reveals an increasing desire to understand death.
Both of my mothers-in-law have suffered the death of a loved one. Deeply! And both of them, as they approach their final years, are imparting life to me – in friendship, advice and in a desire to continue to live for God.
I like having two mothers-in-law.
Happy Birthday – mom Cooper!!
Thanks, Ron. It was so nice talking to you on the phone and you sound younger than ever. Praying that a new man will be on the way soon to help you out there at the church. So very glad that you are adjusting so well to a new life and for your wife. God is good, so good, and it does my heart good to know how well things are going. God bless you both real good with good health and a future.