Día 4 · Strength for Caregivers
Compassion and Patience (en inglés)
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“Put on therefore, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance.”Colossians 3:12
Reflexión (en inglés)
Long caregiving can wear compassion thin and fray our patience. Paul tells us to put on these graces — to ask God to clothe us each morning with what the day will require. We will not always feel patient or tender; we put them on by grace, especially when our own supply runs low. And on the days we fail, the God who chose us is patient with us too.
Una oración (en inglés)
Father, some days my compassion runs dry and my patience wears thin. Clothe me afresh this morning with a tender heart, kindness, and perseverance for the one I care for. Where I have been short or weary, forgive me and renew me. Thank You that You are endlessly patient with me, even as I learn to be patient with others. Amen.
Llévalo contigo (en inglés)
Which grace — compassion, patience, gentleness — do you most need God to clothe you with today?