1. Caring for parents

2. God knows I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:14 

3. Parents

4. Parents
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4

5. Carers

6. “Stop trying to make sense of it
“Stop trying to make sense of it. Just do your part and don’t waste time and energy trying to figure out why people do what they do at this time of life.”
Carers
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
Romans 14:19

7. Carers
“Whenever I begin to feel impatient and upset during conversations with someone I am called to serve, I will thank the good Lord for the soundness of mind I still have and will extend mercy in abundance. Even when I begin to feel impatient with my loved one’s conversation, I will purposely sit back and give them all the attention they need.”

8. Carers may feel Anger Anxiety Boredom Down Embarrassment Fear Grief
Guilt
Loneliness
Resentment

9. Carers
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Psalm 73:26

10. God is in this with us

11. God is in this with us
Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore, He will rise up to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
Isaiah 30:18

12. ‘Listen to me, you descendants of Jacob,     all the remnant of the people of Israel, you whom I have upheld since your birth,     and have carried since you were born. Even to your old age and grey hairs     I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you;     I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
God is with us

13. We have the one thing that can keep us safe
God is in this with us
We have the one thing that can keep us safe
We have HIM!