One Easter a couple of years ago, my church was filled with people. When it was time for communion, an elderly couple walked toward the front of the church, but everybody was passing them because they were so slow and shaky. The woman had a cane and was holding onto her husband’s arm. Finally, they came to the rail and received the wine and bread. It may have hurt them very badly to come up to communion, but they did it, and I think they did it for God. It shows me that they must love God very much. It helps me want to follow their example.

An old man comes to my church and sits in a wheelchair. A kind lady helps him. His hair is gone, his head sinks down, and he is so weak he cannot sing the hymns. It amazes me that he comes to church, anyway, even though he is very fragile and cannot walk. He still comes to worship our Lord. My great-grandma is ninety-nine years old. She is in a wheelchair. Sometimes she understands things, and sometimes she doesn’t. Still she goes to church. For communion, these elderly people cannot get up to the rail because they cannot walk. So the pastor comes to them. That reminds me of how Jesus comes to us even though we are all weak, weary, and sinful. Jesus loves all of us. He does not wait for us to be strong enough to come to him. He always comes to us.

Seeing elderly people who love God, and seeing how much God loves them makes me see that God cares for everyone, both young and old, black and white, born and unborn, weak and strong.