Monday I had my more-or-less annual appointment with my midwife, Joan. The actual exam took more minutes, but Joan spent a long time just talking to me; she realizes that the events in my life have a profound effect on my physical health. Of course, she’s right.
More than anything, she affirmed that I am bearing an incredible load, not just caring for Phil, but also caring for my girls, who, despite their ages (18 and 21), are still needy, and even more so because of their Dad’s illness. She told me that it’s no wonder I forget things – I have to remember too much for the rest of the family!
As I’ve been typing, it crossed my mind that God affirms us every day by His working in our lives. He sent His Son to pay the ultimate penalty for our sins – death on a cross – so we could live. Nothing can ever separate us from the great love God has for us:
“No, in all these things we are
more than conquerors
through him who loved us.
For I am sure that
neither death nor life,
nor things present nor things to come,
nor powers,
nor height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
~ Romans 8: 37 – 39 (ESV)
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