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DuluthGA:
Thank you James for your kind and thoughtful words and well wishes. I'm so glad you are a forum friend too!
Prayerfully for you and yours, :);):)
Janice
Deborah-Leigh:
Good one Janice
Our crosses are as you observe: HIS judgment/salvation processes. 8)
I was thinking about Simon of Cyrene. I believe that the brethren are called to behave towards one another in much the same way as Simon of Cyrene who encouraged Jesus that it was just a little further to go to HIS death while helping for a brief distance our Lord to carry HIS Cross. We as brethren, one to another can also help briefly lift each others burdens but can not remove the cross anyone has to carry because our cross is HIS judgment/salvation processes.
So while it is given to us to occasionally help to lift the weight of someone elses cross to carry for an all too brief moment in time, it is the Spirit of Christ who equips us and helps MAKE us ENDURE to carry it all the way up to our Calveries of Carnality as we trip fall, bleed and follow HIM on our way.
Gal 6:2 Bear endure, carry one anther's burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ the Messiah and complete what is lacking in your obedience to it. 3. For if any person thinks himself to be somebody too important to condescend to shoulder another's load when he is nobody of superiority except in his own estimation, he deceives and deludes and cheats himself.
I believe this scripture speaks again to the whole topic of this thread for all of us cross carriers needing to complete what is lacking in our obedience, that may surface in resentment and bitterness we have perhaps for the particular cross ( His judgment/salvation processes) we are individually fitted to carry, bear, endure and by His Will, overcome.
Here in we see another reason for this Forum and another reason for our membership here.
Peace be to you
Arcturus :)
Robin:
Thank you for sharing your heart with us Janice.
This is a verse that I've held onto for many years.
Joel 2:24-26
24And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
26And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
neeter:
my mom cared for her mother for 12 years before they had to make the agonizing decision to put her in a rest home. 3 months later she passed away.......mom felt a lot of guilt......but it just happened her illnesses became worse at that time.....i was 10 and it was tough.it will be a hard decision when they are unable to care for themselves.....i live 850 miles from them, and my only sister is busy on a farm and 2 kids to raise..not much more family........i have time to think about this......they are probably healthier than i am :-\
i will be praying
neeter
dogcombat:
Janice,
I TOTALLY understand what you're going through as a caregiver. When I served as a caregiver for my mom(who passed away 4 years ago), it was a true learning experience. What I learned was that I was supposed to give care to someone who couldn't care for herself. I saw then a hint of how selfish I could be (and became). God used that experience to teach me things about HOW to care about people in a way I never could have known. I know about not having a "normal" life. But then, I probably would have gone through some damning situations trying to find one.
Jesus words in Matthew 10:39 come to mind:
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
I had to lose the life I had in order to find the life in Him that endures.
God be with you
Ches
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