You
must love (care for) one another, just as I have loved you.
John
13:34
...
that whosoever loves God must also love his brother and sister.
1
John 4:21
I seem to be at another
crossroad in my life. This time it has to do with taking care of an
elderly parent.
Sometimes I find myself wishing
for a little relief -- a little freedom from it. And then I realize
that as Christians we have no relief from caring. We are all frail
and come to our God from a position of weakness, not strength. It is
through this very weakness that we are indeed given the gift of grace
and ultimate salvation.
That period of our lives when
we need care is frequently the period when we become even greater
teachers than when we are full of strength and ourselves the care
givers. Without care, our society makes us believe that we are what
we have, what we do or what people think about us. With such a
belief, our death is indeed the end because when we die all property,
success and popularity vanishes. Without care, we forget who we truly
are: children of God and brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus.
Oh Lord, help us to care for
one another as though our very life depended upon it. It does. Amen.
Marilyn Bura, 1996
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