(This post is yet another chapter from my book that I published in 2014. The book was written to encourage family caregivers and is entitled,
Dear Cargiver Reflections for Family Caregivers.)
As we have said numerous times, care-giving for a loved one with a serious disease is one of life’s greatest challenges. Only those who have been or currently are family caregivers truly understand the emotional and physical difficulties associated with care-giving.
In the midst of care-giving responsibilities, it is important to focus on the Lord and to turn to Him in prayer. Sometimes in the overwhelming moments we do not know how to pray about our situations, however. At such times, the Holy Spirit helps us in our prayer life. Romans 8:26 promises us that the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. We often do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us in a way that words cannot express.
Have you ever tried to pray about your care-giving situation and felt so overwhelmed with some heartache that you did not know how to pray? Have you ever felt that you could not find the words to express in prayer the depths of your feelings and needs in your heart? God understands our weaknesses and has provided us a helper in our prayer lives. That helper is the Holy Spirit Himself!
The Holy Spirit prays in and through us. He also prays for us, especially during those times when we are too overwhelmed with heartache to find the right words to express our pain to the Lord in prayer. The Holy Spirit understands our sorrows and is our prayer helper. The Holy Spirit Himself pleads and intercedes for us before the Heavenly Father! The Holy Spirit is our perfect intercessor before the Heavenly Father, because He intercedes for God's people in accordance with God's will (Romans 8:27b).
Praise the Lord for His infinite blessings! He is our salvation. He is our source of strength, promise, and hope. He provides for every need in our lives for time and eternity. The Lord provides us the Holy Spirit to help us to live for the Lord and to help us in our weaknesses. Finally, the Lord even provides the Holy Spirit as our prayer helper and advocate! What a glorious God we serve! Praise His name!
(This post as stated above is a chapter from my book. In this blog I have often written new posts. I also sometimes have included chapters from my book, as I did today. If you are a family caregiver consider ordering my book. If you know a family caregiver consider ordering my book for them. Below is the link to ordering my book from Amazon. My book is also available through Barnes and Noble and elsewhere on the internet. The Amazon site says there is only two left in stock. That is rather meaningless. It just might take a day or so longer to come, if you order. You can further get a book directly from me by contacting me at jesuschild54@hotmail.com and asking me for specifics.)
If you did not read my post of last week speaking of not living in fear, you can read it by clicking on the following link: https://christiancaregiving.blogspot.com/2023/03/do-not-live-in-fear.html
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