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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 - 20. Only the lonely
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 20. Only the lonely
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 20. Only the lonely Proverbs 27.10 When your loved one can’t get out, or only with a lot of difficulty, your days will likely be spent mainly within the four walls of your home (unless you’re fortunate enough to have someone to help, who c
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 - 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 - 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 - 12. I give up
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 12. I give up
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 12. I give up Luke 10.33b–35 For most of us, there comes a time when we cannot look after our loved ones appropriately or safely on our own at home. For some of us, our own health breaks down, and help is crucial. Bringing in a paid carer
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 - 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 - 30. That's not way to speak to yourself!
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 30. That's not way to speak to yourself!
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 30 That’s no way to speak to yourself! Romans 8.1 Guilt. It lurks, waiting for the inevitable: you get exhausted and say something less than kind, do something unfriendly. You find yourself blaming your loved one for your feeling of bein
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 33. The messy stuff
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 33. The messy stuff
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 33. The messy stuff John 13.4–5 Unless you are very fortunate, you’ll have to deal with the messy stuff sooner or later. We’re talking incontinence here. (Is this the only ‘religious’ book to deal with such basics?) Paid carers seem to m
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 31. The evolving carer
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 31. The evolving carer
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 31. The evolving carer Isaiah 58.11 Some professionals refer to the experience of caring as a journey – and it is; it is a journey with your loved one as their illness or disability progresses, and they need more or less care. But it is
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 37. Unwelcome visitors
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 37. Unwelcome visitors
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 37. Unwelcome visitors Proverbs 3.24, 26a I worry. I wake in the middle of the night in a panic. All sorts of things rush into my barely awake brain, one after another, till there’s a flood of them and I can’t get back to sleep. Then I s
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 38. Valley walking
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 38. Valley walking
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 38. Valley walking Psalm 23.4 I’d been feeling really down for days. Even though he seemed not too bad. Then I realized that what I was doing was grieving. Dementia takes your loved one away from you as truly as divorce or death. The onl
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 - 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 - 28. Surely this can't be right?
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 28. Surely this can't be right?
by SPCK - Dorothy M Stewart
ONE DAY AT A TIME Meditations for Carers 28. Surely this can’t be right? Jeremiah 29.11 Some days I wake up calm, even cheerful about my life. More often I’m floundering in the morass and the thought pops up, ‘Surely this can’t be right? Surely God can’t want this for me?’ This i
One Day at a Time: Meditations for Carers - 27. Stormy weather