What I’ve come to discover, is that when we care for our loved ones who need help, massive blessing can result from what we had maybe, in part, previously viewed as stress.

As I tearfully drove my mother down to hospital this morning, a wonderful truth was impressed upon my heart. If this blog is little personal, please forgive me—I hope it may bring some benefit and comfort to other saints who are faced with tricky choices about how to care for loved ones! A number of months ago she suddenly became unwell—only today, after a number of appointments, are we beginning to get to the bottom of what is really going on.

I went up to her bedroom, with my brother waiting downstairs, and as I looked around, at the lovely home she had, for the first time I wondered if some big life changes might now be on the way?

It’s not that we’re unique—certainly we aren’t: in fact, over the past couple of weeks I been struck by other friends, who have made costly choices, to take care of sick or elderly parents: so in no small part, this post is a massive tribute to God’s grace at work in those loving saints!

What I’ve come to discover, is that when we care for our loved ones who need help, massive blessing can result from what we had maybe, in part, previously viewed as stress.

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