Caregiving days are just crazy sometimes. Okay, maybe they are most of the time. We never know what's going to pop into our schedule and throw us off, even though we do the same things every single day. Some days go a bit more smoothly, but that doesn't mean any of it is easy. Am I right? It feels like life moves very slowly and very fast at the same time. The good thing is that baby steps are still steps.
I've been working with my son on taking steps. He can now take 2-4 steps (with LOTS of help) from his wheelchair to the recliner. It's certainly not easy for either of us. His mobility and use of his legs keep improving, but I still need to help him raise his foot off the floor and swing it forward. He is doing more of the process than ever, but I still have to help a lot.
While I'm helping him take a step, I'm also holding him up. So I have one arm wrapped up and around him to support him and hold him up - and the other arm working with one of his legs to help him take the step. As I was watching the video of his progress the other day, I realized that some days - this is God and me.
Our steps are not always easy or smooth, just like Chris' aren't. But while we are concentrating on taking a step and getting the motions right - God has undergirded us with His strength and He is supporting us with each step. I've often compared our caregiving to God and the way He cares for us, too. But I loved the mental image of God holding me while I try to walk through the day.
He doesn't knock our two or three steps either - because God realizes like I do - that 2, or 3, or 4 steps are not zero. So, He carries as needed. Holds us as needed. And supports us by lifting the weight we cannot handle yet. I love that about God.
Today, as I take what may feel like baby steps in life - I will rejoice because I know that God will not let me fall. He will undergird me and while He's overseeing each step, He is also supporting me and lifting me up! My meditation will be on Psalm 145:14 which says The Lord helps the fallen and lifts up those bent beneath their loads. (NLT) I will let Him lift me up (body, soul, spirit) as needed today and I trust that He will carry me as needed. I will trust Him for one more day - will you join me?
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
Peace Out!
• Did you know God gave us peace and never took it back?
• Do you need a little help refocusing your day?
•Are there really some practical steps to letting God’s peace reign in our hearts?
When the pandemic hit, we were inundated with information and misinformation. I woke up just a day or two into the mass confusion and realized that God’s peace didn’t expire in 2020. What He’d given us was still in tact and applicable to our daily lives, chaotic though they may have been. That’s when the Peace Out devotionals began live on Facebook – and continue to today.
This 31-day devotional takes a good look at peace and offers practical application on how to let it reign day after day. The presence of a storm, trial, or tribulation doesn’t negate God’s peace.
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