Help When I Need It

This blog is written primarily for Christian caregivers, but I welcome all comers.  I don't ever want to exclude anyone on the basis of belief or non-belief.  Since my friend from Germany expressed her exasperation with the fact that I always and forever have a Christ-centered (her word, "moralistic") solution to the most knotty of problems; I've been aware that if I write exclusively to Christians, that I risk hurting hearts and minds of those who do not share my beliefs.  Yes, as Christians we are in the business of sharing the knowledge we have and the peace we've found.  When we know that we KNOW that we've been given eternal life, we want to share the news!  But let's not be obnoxious with it.  Conversion is the work of the Holy Spirit.  I won't say that no one's ever been scared, coerced, or enticed by pious moralizing into the Kingdom of God, but I will say that these are not the preferred ways for us to share the peace we've found and the joy we know.


ANYWAY...


I've gotten online this morning in order to share the Bible verse I've just found;  one of those "When'd they put that in the Bible" revelations for me today.  (And, since Biblegateway updated their 1984 NIV Bible to a brand-new-for-2011 version, I really am finding stuff I didn't see before because, by golly, it wasn't THERE before...)


Here's the verse. 

"You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me" (Psalm 18:35 New International Version c2011).

 Isn't that great?


As an Alzheimer caregiver, I often feel completely overwhelmed.  Beyond that, the Lord seems to be placing me in the role of a servant/caregiver in other areas of my life. 


I couldn't do it without the Lord.  His saving help is my shield, and He sustains me.  

That isn't moralizing--it's the truth as I've come to know it!  God bless each person who reads these words today.