CaregiverParaugs

  

GET IT DONE 

Caregivers get the job done. 

In order to get daily tasks completed, caregivers can’t dwell on what others aren’t doing. Focusing on what others aren’t doing can serve as a distraction that will later lead to bitterness and animosity if not checked. Constant prayer and trust that God has empowered you to get things done is refreshing encouragement. 

You could be experiencing the reality of people electing to not help you out as they witness you daily sacrificing to help others. Just know God sees it all.  

Aim to not get caught up trying to teach someone a lesson who is not willing to put in the work to help a loved one. Focusing on their actions will only distract you from helping the one God called you to assist. It can be very disheartening to witness people take advantage of a caregiver who is doing the majority of the work. But it’s even more heartbreaking to see people strut and front in public like they care so much for someone, but behind closed doors they don’t even put forth an effort to lend a helping hand. 

If a God-honoring caregiver doesn’t get it done, who will? 

In scripture we discover how a group of men carried a paralyzed man on a stretcher, bringing him to Jesus. The fact that these men took on the role of caregivers is eye-opening, because it isn’t revealed if they were related or not. These men couldn’t find a way to bring the paralyzed man in the area where Jesus was because of the crowd, so they went to the roof, removed some tiles, and made a way by lowering the man on the stretcher in the middle of the crowd in front of Jesus. 

These men GOT IT DONE! They didn’t focus on the distractions of what people weren’t doing for them. They focused on administering care to the paralyzed man and GOT IT DONE. These men  took the paralyzed man to an important doctor’s appointment—to the Great Physician. They prepared a healthy meal by feeding him the Bread of Life, and administered the required medicine needed by the Ultimate Healer.  

These men GOT IT DONE by focusing on one’s needs that lead to restoration, renewal, revival, and rejoicing. God will empower you to get it done, too. Don’t be discouraged.