Senior Settling

As mentioned in my last post, I learned so much in my three hours of housekeeping in a senior living facility. Though housekeeping came a few times a week, the level of cleaning the residents received was subpar; in that the rooms hadn’t been deep cleaned in a while; and for that type of money, they should have been regularly. There was build up, packed drain stoppers, and stuff tucked away. The walls hadn’t been washed, the resident’s phones hadn’t been wiped down and even the printer in the nurse’s station was filthy. This was surprising because as someone who was trained to clean by my elders, I went there thinking there would be an even higher standard of clean. That quickly changed when I witnessed how that nice housekeeper went about her everyday duties, but how?

Settling Due to the Situation

I think its because as you grow old, you settle. Those residents had to resign themselves to the fact that they could no longer maintain their homes and would have to reside in a senior living community. Some were there because of illness, others because they were unwanted. Either way, when in those situations, you have a tendency to just settle for what’s been given; no matter how substandard it is. But why should they have to? Though I left that position after three hours, I did so because there was something wrong. And it wasn’t just the fact that I was doing housekeeping to supplement my income. Other than the subpar standard of cleaning, there was nothing wrong with the facility that I could see but I wasn't looking with my eyes, I was looking with my spirit.

Settling for Substandard Security

I was there from 7:15am and walked off the job at 10:20am Tuesday. That Wednesday morning I went to the facility to return my uniform, and that same evening I saw a news report about a former employee who was about to go on trial for murdering eight of the residents. Eight! Those eight women lost their lives because of subpar security conditions. That subpar-ness seeped into every level of the community; not just housekeeping. I’m sure those wonderful women saw things about their killer that they just shrugged off, looked away from or settled for. Yet they said nothing.

I said all that to say that just because you are a senior citizen doesn't mean you have to settle for anything. If the situation is such that you can’t say anything, TELL GOD ABOUT IT. Ask Him to send His angels to protect you and for His ministering spirits to minister favor on your behalf. But don’t just sit there and settle. TAKE IT TO GOD and watch Him work on your behalf.

Pray this with me: Heavenly Father, help! Lord, I don’t want to settle but I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to cause any trouble, but I cannot take this anymore. This has gotten out of hand. So Lord, I ask that You’d send Your angels to protect me and I thank You that Your ministering spirits are ministering whatever I need in the time You know I need it in. In Jesus’ name.

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