Devotions
A Psalm 63 Devotional for Caregivers: Finding Living Water in Dry Seasons
Caregiving can stretch love to its limits. There are days when you give your time, your energy, and your patience, and you still feel like it isn’t enough. In these moments of isolation and exhaustion, you need the sustaining power of God.
Christian Caregivers and Spiritual Gifts: Serving Together with Purpose
Have you ever made the statement that things would be easier if everyone just thought alike? The usual reply is something like “but it would be a boring world if we were all the same.” Let’s face it, groupthink doesn’t work out very well. God shows us in his word that there is actually a deeper purpose in being different from one another.
Faith Over Fear: Encouragement for Caregivers on Life’s Emotional Rollercoaster
Life as a caregiver is like riding a rollercoaster. Our medical team warned us of this early and often. One of the things I realized after awhile is that when the ride is smooth you are often recovering from the bumpy parts. Then the smooth gives way to the next dip and the cycle continues.
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A Better Way to Care: Centering Your Home on Christ
I’ve been putting a lot of thought into what makes a successful caregiving household. It is easy to make a list of attributes that help things run smoothly: caregivers that are well trained; a house that can accommodate medical needs; financial stability. These things all help of course, but they are not the key component. The true linchpin to a successful household—especially one shaped by caregiving—is whether or not the household is centered on Christ.
From Empty to Overflowing in God’s Presence
Family caregiving is the sort of activity that will leave you feeling drained physically, tired emotionally, and even spiritually empty. You give so much of yourself by pouring out love and care on your loved one that you may forget to seek renewal for yourself. God offers strength that doesn’t run out.
Letting Go of Control in Caregiving: Trusting God’s Plan
As caregivers, we often have lists full of plans for the future. Plans for if a surgery goes ahead. Plans for if we are not able to pay a bill. Plans for meals to prepare for the holidays. We try to account for all contingencies ahead of time and when things go off our well-designed, color coded, carbon copied plans, we feel our control slipping away.
Finding Faith in Fearful Moments: A Biblical Advent Devotion
The Israelites felt caught between impossible circumstances. They faced the sea on one side and knew that Pharaoh was chasing them down from the other. There was nothing they could do in their own power that would save them.
The Lion of Judah: An Advent Devotion on Jesus Our Promised King
As Jacob came to the end of his life, he called his sons to his side so that he may bless them. Together they make up the twelve tribes of Israel and we will see the different roles of each tribe foreshadowed in these words.
Caregiving Through Hard Seasons: A Joseph-Inspired Advent Devotion
Jealousy leads to deep division within Jacob’s family. It is no wonder when you consider the rift that lay between his first two wives—sisters Leah and Rachel. The entire family is caught up in competition to be blessed by God with more children and blessed with Jacob’s loving affection.
God’s Mercy in Messy Seasons: An Advent Devotion for Caregivers
Jacob was running for his life. He had deceived his father, stolen his brother’s birthright, and now Esau held plans in his heart to kill him.
Provision on the Mountain: A Powerful Advent Devotion on Genesis 22
Since we saw how long Abraham and Sarah longed for a son, and the trouble that came when they tried to fulfill God’s promise on their own, it is rather surprising when we see just a few chapters later that Abraham almost sacrifices this child of promise. We cannot read this story without wondering at the fear and faith that had to be battling within him. Yet, he chose to follow God’s command because he had learned the character of God.
Faith in the Unknown: What Abraham Teaches Us This Advent
Advent is a season of waiting. We wait for God’s promises to unfold and we wait for Christ’s coming. As family caregivers, we can relate to this intimately. The road ahead often seems unclear and we struggle to see beyond our circumstances.