“Your Mercy”
Acrylic, 2013
One of the unique things about being a caregiver is that you continually bump into your sin. I wish I could report that the years caring for my Mom with Alzheimer's were all characterized with gentleness and peace but sin abounds in this fallen world.
Continually answering your loved ones questions over & over every hour is exhausting. Impatience, anger and frustration with their new in-abilities wells up. ....
Acrylic, 2013
One of the unique things about being a caregiver is that you continually bump into your sin. I wish I could report that the years caring for my Mom with Alzheimer's were all characterized with gentleness and peace but sin abounds in this fallen world.
Continually answering your loved ones questions over & over every hour is exhausting. Impatience, anger and frustration with their new in-abilities wells up. ....
I remember that I would sometimes explode in anger toward her and afterward I would be harsh on myself for what I had said. I would return to her remorseful and seeking forgiveness, but with her forgetfulness, she'd only show me love because in her mind it had never happened; she had completely forgotten. What an example this is of how God treats His children. His unfailing mercy toward me was so touching, so pronounced because every hour, every few minutes I failed, yet “... I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8:12)
God used this to melt my heart toward my Mom. I began looking at her through His lenses and I was learning how desperately I need His grace. His compassion for me overflowed in me so that I was able to treat my Mother with more grace; just as He had done with me.
God used this to melt my heart toward my Mom. I began looking at her through His lenses and I was learning how desperately I need His grace. His compassion for me overflowed in me so that I was able to treat my Mother with more grace; just as He had done with me.
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