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Still Caring - When disaster strikes
Still Caring - When disaster strikes
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
11 When disaster strikes Whatever disaster or disease may come, and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people . . . then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place. (2 Chronicles 6.28 –30a) Maybe you were aware that time was running out. Everything had been going well,…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 1. And the lucky winner is...
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 1. And the lucky winner is...
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 1. And the lucky winner is... 1 Corinthians 10.13 I’ll never win the Lottery – because I never buy a Lottery ticket. On the other hand, I didn’t apply for this job of being a carer. Did you? I don’t think anyone applies. It just happens. A…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 13. It hurts
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 13. It hurts
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 13. It hurts Psalm 69.29, 33, GN Nobody warns you that disability or degenerative illness – whichever it is you’re dealing with – hurts. Your loved one who is actually enduring the condition may feel no direct pain – but you do. What you f…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 15. Keeping your head above water
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 15. Keeping your head above water
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 15. Keeping your head above water Mark 6.30–31 Do you have days when you’re coping – just? Days when you could use another couple of hours’ (or days’) sleep, an extra pair of hands (or a few clones of yourself !) to get everything done? …
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 16. Let it be
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 16. Let it be
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 16. Let it be Hebrews 2.18 Being a carer is tough but I’ve been wondering recently whether things really are as tough as I’ve been thinking. I’d been feeling overwhelmed but suddenly thought: is this true? Or am I creating a maelstrom of w…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 18. Living with the chaos
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 18. Living with the chaos
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 18. Living with the chaos Mark 5.36 There’s a hymn that seems to be most people’s favourite, ‘Dear Lord and Father of mankind’, and it used to be one of mine. Until I became a carer, when one of the lines jarred with sudden force: ‘Let o…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 17. Let it out!
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 17. Let it out!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 17. Let it out! Psalm 116.1–2 Some days, some weeks even, I can cope. There are even nice days, happy days, good days. But then there come days when things don’t go right and everything seems to build up until I’m ready to scream, ‘Stop! …
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 21. Ouch! I'm trying to help
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 21. Ouch! I'm trying to help
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 21. Ouch! I’m trying to help . . . Romans 12.18 I saw a woman in the supermarket yesterday. She had the generally washed-out look of the over-exhausted long-term carer and was hurrying to get her shopping done. Then I noticed the tell-ta…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 26. Someone to lean on
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 26. Someone to lean on
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 26. Someone to lean on Proverbs 3.5 Isaiah 26.4 Watching television the other day, I was reminded about the fashion for outdoor artificial ice rinks. I love to watch how someone goes on the ice for the first time, very wobbly, but then a f…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 32. The key to getting help
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 32. The key to getting help
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 32. The key to getting help James 4.2b, GNB When I was young, clamouring for something that took my fancy, my grandmother used to say: ‘Wants never gets.’ That effectively silenced those demands! In our situation as carers, though, I thi…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 4. Fight the good fight
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 4. Fight the good fight
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 4. Fight the good fight 2 Timothy 1.7, GNB It’s strange. Before we became carers, we probably had a lot of faith and even pride in our country’s health and social services. We assumed there was a safety net there to catch the needy. Until …
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 39. Whose life is it anyway?
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 39. Whose life is it anyway?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 39. Whose life is it anyway? Isaiah 41.13 Becoming a 24/7 at-home carer involves a lot of changes. Life gets to be pretty well unrecognizable, and as for us – our very identities may be changed. Once we may have been well-paid and valued…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 40. You need love too
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 40. You need love too
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 40. You need love too Galatians 5.14 Yes, of course that’s what it’s about. You’re the carer because you do care. It is love that prompts you, motivates you, keeps you going. But sometimes it can feel like all that love has been used up an…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 23. Running on empty
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 23. Running on empty
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 23. Running on empty Isaiah 40.31 One of the biggest problems and danger areas for carers is tiredness. Exhaustion. Bone-deep weariness that makes you want to sit and weep. This is when you know you’re running on empty. It’s strange. We do…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 19. Me and St Stephen
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 19. Me and St Stephen
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 19 Me and St Stephen John 8.10–11 It was one of those days. Exhaustion had set in early but there was still too much to do and only me to do it. Get help? Well, yes, of course that would be nice. In fact, someone had offered . . . But wo…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 24. Sharing the load
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 24. Sharing the load
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 24. Sharing the load Matthew 11.28–29 We get so used to going it alone that it can be very difficult to switch off when we finally get some help and some time to ourselves. I’ve got a respite break at the moment (to let me write this book…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 27. Stormy weather
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 27. Stormy weather
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 27. Stormy weather Matthew 8.26 It is easy to get lost in the midst of the overwhelming, all-consuming task of caring for someone. The 36-hour day saps all our energy and we hardly recognize that exhausted face we catch a glimpse of in t…
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 25. Snakes and ladders