My mom is selling her house and moving to a retirement community. Since I've been off work I've been able to help her with procuring a realtor, looking over paperwork and searching for a new place. It's been fun and made me aware of a world I'd never paid much attention to.
Now I know about selective versus all-inclusive dining plans, the difference between retirement, assisted living, long term and memory care units...
It's almost like sending Mom to college. Picking the dorm and hoping that her floor plan's available, choosing the meal plan and anxious about her making friends. At least she doesn't have to declare a major!
The last place we visited had over 100 clubs, a lap pool, gym, dog park...the list of amenities was quite lengthy--if you live that long. There was even a dedicated wii room where they hold bowling tournaments with their sister communities throughout the US. Way to be high-tech!
The retirement communities sell their concept by promising "no more worries." One call does it all! Feeling ill? Just shuffle down to the onsite doctor, even in your slippers! Leaky faucet? Onsite maintenance at the pull of a cord. Move in to their place and everything will be taken care of.
Gee, that sounds like God's promise...
By the end of the virtual tour I wished there were a place like that for all of us. The good news? There is!
1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
John 14:1-3 (NIV)
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am."
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