Love in Action

Is Love still on your mind? I hope so. Scripture has lots to say about love. The first mention is in Genesis 22 when God asks Abraham to take his son, his only son, Isaac, and offer him for a burnt offering. God wanted to demonstrate to Abraham how much God loves us in that He would give His only son for us (John 3:16).
Scripture also tells us to love one another (John 13:34,35). It was much easier to demonstrate our love for others when we could let others see our smile, shake hands, give a hug, or visit. But now with so much isolation, we need to think out of the box. Our elderly are the most isolated. They need to see and hear people, especially young people. I thought we might try to find ways to show love for our neighbors, our family, and our precious elderly in nursing homes.
Here are just a few ideas:
If there is snow in your area, why not help the children make a snowman outside a grandparent’s window or outside a nursing home window (ask permission). Make a poster with a snowman poem in large letters. Then everyone could act it out while reciting or singing the poem. My favorite is “I Made a Little Snowman“.
Is there a tree outside the window? Tie on some suet feeders with homemade felt birds and/or hearts.
Change up the tree as Easter approaches by tying on plastic eggs.
Dollar stores usually have inexpensive suncatchers with their spring gardening items. Purchasing a few of these and replacing the eggs as warmer weather approaches will give the tree some summer sparkle. Here again you can make a poster and act out You are My Sunshine.
As you finish up a project, you can also make a poster letting the person know who you are outside their window. You might simply say, “We love you” and let everyone sign their names in giant letters. If you leave the sign be sure to check back in a few days in case it has gotten wet and droopy.
We’d love to see pictures of your love in action AND any new ideas you have come up with.
Blessings, Gail Cartee
Great ideas, Gail. The elderly are really suffering from loneliness–more now than ever before!
Thank you, Crystal. I ache for our sweet elderly population who have not been able to touch their loved ones. My aunt, 97 years old, has not gotten to see her family except through a window. She did need to be taken to a doctor’s appointment and her daughter needed to take her. So that put her in quarantine for two weeks. Thankfully the Lord has given her a good mind, so she understands what’s going on.
Love these ideas! What great ways to show love! 🙂
Thank you, Milissa for your encouraging comments.
These are excellent! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Bonnie. I hope it inspires us to be doers of love.
Such sweet ideas! And so inspiring!! Great post!
Thank you, Nancy. I feel so sorry for the elderly who have not even touched anyone other than their caregivers in a year. I hope we can all use some ideas to bring a bright spot in their lives.