For a time such as this
These are crazy times.
We are hunkering down, keeping ourselves away from crowds, reacquainting ourselves with the idea of "downtime", spending lots of time looking at each other with slightly befuddled expressions.
And then there's this one.
Rachel, my most grown of my grown kids, is using this time to live the gifts that God has given her in a very "Rachel" way.
She has moved into the assisted living home, where she works as an assistant activities director, to lend a hand in that capacity but also as a nurse tech. For the sake of the residents, who can't leave but can't have guests, they invited some of their workers to move in.
Rachel, you were made for a time like this.
While I am home worrying about everything that is being posted on facebook, and countering it with Bible studies that keep my focus on Christ, SHE is busy doing one-on-one activities with her sweet elderly, making sure they are having their needs met.
I cannot help but think of 1 Corinthians 4:7....
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
In a world where we are easily feeling resentment, sometimes resorting to being rude, insisting on our own way, she is LOVING on her residents, holding onto hopes with them, enduring their needs. In short, she is living out love as an action.
Sis, I couldn't be prouder of you than right now. And I know that you will be blessed in the same immeasurable amount that you will be a blessing to those around you. Your light is shining- shining the LOVE of Christ to those who could be feeling the darkness close in.
And I know you have GOT to be tired, but never do you complain.
The Bible tells us in 2 Thess. 3:13, "As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good." Thank you Rachel for reminding me that doing good looks different for each of us. Keep doing GOOD, kiddo. You were created for a time such as this.
xoxox Mom
We are hunkering down, keeping ourselves away from crowds, reacquainting ourselves with the idea of "downtime", spending lots of time looking at each other with slightly befuddled expressions.
And then there's this one.
Rachel, my most grown of my grown kids, is using this time to live the gifts that God has given her in a very "Rachel" way.
She has moved into the assisted living home, where she works as an assistant activities director, to lend a hand in that capacity but also as a nurse tech. For the sake of the residents, who can't leave but can't have guests, they invited some of their workers to move in.
Rachel, you were made for a time like this.
While I am home worrying about everything that is being posted on facebook, and countering it with Bible studies that keep my focus on Christ, SHE is busy doing one-on-one activities with her sweet elderly, making sure they are having their needs met.
I cannot help but think of 1 Corinthians 4:7....
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
In a world where we are easily feeling resentment, sometimes resorting to being rude, insisting on our own way, she is LOVING on her residents, holding onto hopes with them, enduring their needs. In short, she is living out love as an action.
Sis, I couldn't be prouder of you than right now. And I know that you will be blessed in the same immeasurable amount that you will be a blessing to those around you. Your light is shining- shining the LOVE of Christ to those who could be feeling the darkness close in.
And I know you have GOT to be tired, but never do you complain.
The Bible tells us in 2 Thess. 3:13, "As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good." Thank you Rachel for reminding me that doing good looks different for each of us. Keep doing GOOD, kiddo. You were created for a time such as this.
xoxox Mom
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