Search Results
Still Caring - In this together
Still Caring - In this together
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
23 In this together And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. (2 Corinthians 1.7) They’re everywhere: folk with loved ones, especially parents, spouses, older brothers and sisters, in residential care…
Still Caring - Introduction
Still Caring - Introduction
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
Introduction I wrote One Day at a Time when I was relatively new to the business of caring at home for someone with dementia. Unable to find any Christian material to help me, I found myself writing my own and it seems to have helped others in the same position...
Still Caring - Is it time?
Still Caring - Is it time?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
1 Is it time? There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. (Ecclesiastes 3.1) We struggle with this. We’ve been struggling with all of this caring business for a long time and this, one more decision, looms over us as the almost impossible on…
Still Caring - Join the club
Still Caring - Join the club
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
4 Join the club The truth will set you free……………………………………………. (John 8.32) Let’s get this absolutely clear. The only carers – spouses, parents, sons or daughters – who do not feel guilt when they first seriously consider their loved one moving into residential care are few and far…
Still Caring - Knowledge is power
Still Caring - Knowledge is power
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
7 Knowledge is power Teach me knowledge and good judgment……………………… (Psalm 119.66) Most private residential homes produce glossy brochures with attractive photographs and glowing descriptions of the care they aim to provide. It looks so perfect. But of course it’s meant to. Homes …
Still Caring - Mrs Fix-it gives up
Still Caring - Mrs Fix-it gives up
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
35 Mrs Fixit gives up Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest? (Luke 12.25 –26) Are your shoulders, like mine, bent with the burden you are carrying? There is another way, and last week…
Still Caring - Need a refill?
Still Caring - Need a refill?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
28 Need a refill? Love one another, for love comes from God. (1 John 4.7) Living on our nerves is exhausting. Squashing our normal reactions, forcing calm and patience and pleasant responses to that question or that comment for the nth time, costs us. Dealing with upsets without …
Still Caring - New faces
Still Caring - New faces
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
24 New faces A new command I give you: love one another. John 13.34 Just when you’ve got your loved one settled, and you’ve built up good relationships with the staff (well, at least you know their names and can recognize them when you visit), inevitably there will be staff chang…
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
Still Caring - No more Lone Ranger
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
25 No more Lone Ranger Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. (Hebrews 13.16) Friday is the day when I visit and take my husband out for the day. But I won’t be doing that today. Some of his family have come on holiday for a we…
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
Still Caring - Once more on the roller coaster
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
27 Once more on the roller coaster I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation . . . I can do all this through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4.12b, 13) Today’s changeable weather – sunshine then showers then more sunshine – has mirrored our day…
Still Caring - Powerlessness
Still Caring - Powerlessness
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
34 Powerlessness Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4.23) It was one of those days. Maybe it was time for one of those days – we had had a run of good ones. Anyway, I had a plan. It’s always better to have a plan. But today it went ou…
Still Caring - Relax!
Still Caring - Relax!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
29 Relax! The Lord is my shepherd . . . he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. (Psalm 23.1a, 2b, 3a) I’m visiting my sister for the first time in years and I’m sleeping late every morning. At home I usually wake around 6 a.m., but here it’s more like 9 a.m. before…
Still Caring - September songs
Still Caring - September songs
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
37 September sings Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. (Hebrews 12.1b) I’m watching the folk on the beach this sunny September afternoon. They’re different from the summer visitors. This crowd is made up of people at either end of the happy family spectrum: y…
Still Caring - Talk to me!
Still Caring - Talk to me!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
17 Talk to me! The tongue is a small part of the body . . . but no human being can tame the tongue. (James 3.5a, 8a) When it was just the two of you, you did everything. Now, that caring is being done by other people, and there is a temptation to think that they won’t do it as we…
Still Caring - Thank you