Glory in Him: Caregiver's April Fellowship

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Caregiver's April Fellowship

We had our monthly caregivers meeting on Saturday. It was great, as always. It seemed as if we had not seen each other forever. Our fellowship was so sweet. It just feels good to sit and relax and share your burdens with others who truly do understand. Fellowship was awesome, worship was refreshing and God's word to us was so appropriate.

From "Moments of Peace from the Psalms" - SHIFTING THE PILE
Pile your troubles on God's shoulders - he'll carry your load, he'll help you
out. He'll never let good people topple into ruin. Psalm 55:22 MSG
--- You should always make your loved ones a priority in your life. Yet
you must also understand that sometimes God will use circumstances to prevent
you from helping them when they're struggling.
Whether it's because of distance, health, responsibilities, or even
relational barriers, God may have allowed the separation to keep you from
interfering in what he's teaching them. You may want to shoulder a burden
that only he can carry for them. Or perhaps he is refining their character
through their troubles.
Whatever the case, you must shift your worries about them to God.
Always remember that he's able to care for them better than you are. Just
keep praying and let him work.
God, it's rough seeing love ones making bad decisions or suffering, but I
trust you to work in the. I pray they'll depend on you. Amen.
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear
my voice. He has redeemed my soul in peace. Psalm 55:17-18 NKJV

Then Ida share her heart with us and encouraged us to lean and trust in God and God alone, friends are good, but it should be God the one you call first before anyone else. She gave us encouragement and God's word to carry us through. Jeremiah 14:13c, 15:15; Proverbs 11:14b; Mathew 18:19-20; Psalm 31:15a; Daniel 10:18-19.

Once again we were blessed and encouraged. We laughed, we cried, we shared, we worshipped, we enjoyed each others company. In fact, we even celebrated some birthdays. The cake was yummy and our earrings and necklaces were gorgeous. For a moment in time all seemed "normal".

Thank you Jesus for the brethren. Bless my sisters and bring others to be refreshed by YOU.

1 comment:

Vicki said...: Hey there,my friend. Wanted to thank you for visiting my blog recently, and for the prayers and sweet support during my surgery. LOVED viewing the photos here, and indeed, I share your thankfulness for the brethren. Sharing fellowship in Him is always sweet. {{{hugs}}

Vicki; April 25, 2008 at 6:48 AM

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Poems

From http://www.devotions.com/ (author unknown)
It’s sometimes very difficult for us to understand the wisdom and the love behind the things that God has planned.

But we wouldn’t have the rainbow if we didn’t have the rain; We wouldn’t know the pleasure if we never tasted pain.

We wouldn’t love the sunrise if we hadn’t felt the night; And we wouldn’t know our weakness if we hadn’t sensed God’s might.

We couldn’t have the springtime or the yellow daffodil if we hadn’t experienced the winter’s frosty chill.

And though the brilliant sunshine is something God has made. He knew too much could parch our souls so He created shade.

So God’s given us a balance: enough joys to keep us glad, enough tears to keep us humble, enough good to balance bad.

And if you’ll trust in Him you’ll see though yesterday brought sorrow, the clouds will part and dawn will bring a happier tomorrow.

E-mailed by a Friend (author unknown)
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW"
As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.