{"id":1213,"date":"2013-12-18T22:59:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T04:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caregiversunite.org\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2017-09-14T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T19:10:03","slug":"god-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/?p=1213","title":{"rendered":"God In Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019re having trouble finding evidence of God in your daily life, let me make a suggestion.\u00a0 Go sit in a parking lot of a nursing home near the entrance.\u00a0 You will see people coming and going that are busy doing God\u2019s work. People from all walks of life, for a variety of reasons, enter and exit the building all day long.<\/p>\n

As I sit in the sunshine, under a large oak tree alongside my wheelchair bound mother, we watch the people go by.\u00a0 Two women, strangers before they both found themselves on a common mission, pause to speak to one another, each carrying a bagful of items, on their way to serve their moms who reside inside the building.\u00a0 An x-ray technician arrives, unloads his machine for the hundredth time, and rolls it inside to clarify an awaiting medical situation.<\/p>\n

Certified Nursing Assistant\u2019s who arrive for and depart from their 8-hour shift of caring, give us a smile and say hello.\u00a0 A car pulls in as close to the door as possible, and a frail resident gets out with the help of a friend who assists her inside. It wasn\u2019t that long ago that this particular resident wasn\u2019t able to walk at all.\u00a0 However, with the regular visits to the physical therapy department and encouragement from her many visitors, she has improved a great deal \u2013 even though her prognosis is grim.<\/p>\n

The nursing home bus arrives and unloads a group of residents who have been out shopping at the nearby Walmart.\u00a0 They carry in their purchases with the help of the activity staff.\u00a0 A stop by the activity room reveals one busy employee wrapping Christmas gifts for resident\u2019s who are able to still collect gifts for their friends and families at Christmastime.<\/p>\n

As we make our way into the depths of the building, we pass the gaily decorated halls, see Christmas trees at every wing, observe medicine being given out by nurses, smile at needs being met by compassionate helpers until we finally reach my mom\u2019s room.\u00a0 The quiet space and familiar setting welcomes and calms us.\u00a0 The maintenance man enters to clean the heater filter and engages us in conversation.\u00a0 Before long, Momma\u2019s CNA brings in the afternoon snack.\u00a0 While there, she informs the maintenance man about my mother\u2019s ability to do handwork as seen hanging in frames on her walls. She points out the intricate work involved. I tell about my mom\u2019s custom to make everyone in the family a special ornament that would represent a major event of the year and that I have 20 years worth of memories to hang on my tree.\u00a0 As my mother listens intently to us tell about her accomplishments, she has a pleasant smile on her face. \u00a0For a lady who has advanced dementia, and is unable to speak, this is a good day.\u00a0 God’s grace and mercy abound.<\/p>\n

Thank you, God, for your loving people.<\/p>\n

\u201c7\u00a0<\/sup>This is my command: Love each other\u201d John 15:17 NIV.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re having trouble finding evidence of God in your daily life, let me make a suggestion.\u00a0 Go sit in a parking lot of a nursing home near the entrance.\u00a0 You will see people coming and going that are busy doing God\u2019s work. People from all walks of life, for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,21],"tags":[215,247,248],"class_list":["post-1213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-publication","category-personal","tag-nursing-home-life","tag-spiritual-activities","tag-spiritual-encouragement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4cxZR-jz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.caregiversunite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}