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\u201cWhen I\u2019m 64\u201d became a hit when it was included on the \u201cSgt. Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d album released by The Beatles in 1967.\u00a0 <\/span>What many do not know is that the song was written by band member Paul McCartney when he was 14 years old. In his lyrics he envisions life 50 years in the future. The famous refrain is, \u201cWill you still need me, will you still feed me, when I\u2019m 64?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Great Commission and Great Commandment give purpose to life. God commissions us to \u201cgo and make disciples\u201d (Matthew 28:19). At the heart of this commission is the Good News that calls us into a growing, personal relationship with God. As a Christian, one will never \u201cage out\u201d of discipleship. In the best-selling book \u201cSpiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life,\u201d my former Midwestern Seminary colleague Dr. Don Whitney includes Bible Intake, Prayer, Worship, Evangelism, Serving, Stewardship, Fasting, Silence & Solitude, Journaling, Learning and Perseverance as marks of biblical discipleship. Through partnerships with MBC churches, NAMB and WMU, Baptist Homes & Healthcare seeks to ensure biblical discipleship is part of each residents\u2019 care-plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Diseases such as Alzheimer\u2019s or other forms of dementia might raise the question, \u201cWill you still need me?\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>Once again, we must turn to Scripture. The Great Commandment instructs us to \u201clove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind\u201d and to \u201clove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d When we love those whose physical or cognitive capacities are diminished, we are fulfilling God\u2019s command to love unconditionally \u2013 the same way Christ demonstrated His love towards us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea that someone can be deemed unneeded or unworthy of necessities (\u201cWill you still feed me?\u201d) is at the heart of the growing eugenics movement. Another misguided movement that rejects the sanctity of life is ironically billed as \u201cDying with Dignity\u201d, \u201cRight to Die\u201d or PAS, an acronym for Physician Assisted Suicide. Those who promote euthanasia to avoid pain discard Scripture that speaks of suffering as having a divine purpose (Romans 5:3-4). <\/span><\/p>\n

Centuries prior to the refrain by young Paul McCartney, another songwriter pleaded, \u201cDo not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent\u201d (Psalm 71:9). Unlike McCartney, the songwriter underwent a change of perspective as he reflected upon God\u2019s plan: <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou caused me to experience many troubles and misfortunes, but you will revive me again. You will bring me up again, even from the depths of the earth. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. Therefore, I will praise you with a harp for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing to you with a lyre, Holy One of Israel. My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you because you have redeemed me. Therefore, my tongue will proclaim your righteousness all day long, for those who intend to harm me will be disgraced and confounded\u201d (Psalm 71:20-24)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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