By Alexandra Davis2023-06-30T11:38:00
We think, talk and plan for all other important life stages – school, marriage, career – so why not our later life, asks Alexandra Davis?
Earlier this year, Pilgrims’ Friend Society conducted a study which found that more than half of UK adults between 40 and 60 think that later life is a time to be afraid of. But this doesn’t have to be the case.
If you’re scared about old age, perhaps it is because you haven’t properly understood what the Bible says about it, or how you can plan for it.
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