“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. …Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no greater commandment than these.”
Mark 12:30-31
When Jesus spoke of loving our neighbor as ourselves, He was not calling us to self-love. Our world today expounds in books, articles, seminars, and songs about self-love. But Jesus wanted to redirect our naturally self-serving hearts, calling you and me to love by serving one another.
The demands and pressures of caregiving can take a toll on you. You may come to a point where you feel you have no more to give. I have found that the Great Caregiver, the Lord Himself, steps into life then in unexpected ways. Somehow Proverbs 11:25 comes to be: “He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”
Caring for my mother-in-law and then later for my husband, meant I often put my own well-being on the back burner. I had to remember to take care of myself, too. The Lord’s “refreshing” may look like a friend lending a hand, a temporary escape with a good movie or book, or a decent night’s sleep. Relish those moments. Jesus knows your journey may be long, but He goes with you, helping you to love others as you love yourself.
The demands and pressures of caregiving can take a toll on you. You may come to a point where you feel you have no more to give. I have found that the Great Caregiver, the Lord Himself, steps into life then in unexpected ways. Somehow Proverbs 11:25 comes to be: “He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.”
Caring for my mother-in-law and then later for my husband, meant I often put my own well-being on the back burner. I had to remember to take care of myself, too. The Lord’s “refreshing” may look like a friend lending a hand, a temporary escape with a good movie or book, or a decent night’s sleep. Relish those moments. Jesus knows your journey may be long, but He goes with you, helping you to love others as you love yourself.
Scripture Focus
Mark 12:28-34
Insight
Do you give of yourself for the care of another? Ask the Lord for wisdom in balancing care for others with care for your own health.
Bible In A Year
- Jeremiah 47-48
- Psalm 125
- 2 Corinthians 4-5
