Caring For Aging Parents While Balancing Other Commitments
Caring For Aging Parents While Balancing Other Commitments
• now retired • worked full-time • home church leaders (hosts) until July • currently disciple one person • seek to exercise gifts & spiritual passions • currently each have one parent living • only adult child in Columbus with parents • take point for our parent, teamwork too
Honor
Each phase of life brings shifts in our relational priorities.
Outreach: Col. 4: 2 -6 Marriage/Family: Col. 3: 18 -21 “Body Life” / Home Group Participation: Col. 3: 12 -15 TIME School, Work & Service: Col. 3: 2324 Corporate Teaching Col. 3: 16 a, 2: 6 -8 Discipleship & Spiritual Friendships: Col. 1: 28, 29, 2: 1 -2
“Body Life” / Home Group Participation: Col. 3: 12 -15 Marriage/Family: Col. 3: 18 -21 Outreach: Col. 4: 2 -6 School, Work & Service: Col. 3: 2324 Corporate Teaching Col. 3: 16 a, 2: 6 -8 Discipleship & Spiritual Friendships: Col. 1: 28 -29, 2: 1 -2
• Our investment in parents became a higher priority
• Our investment in parents became a higher priority • Examples: Cliff
• Our investment in parents became a higher priority
• Our investment in parents became a higher priority • Examples: Cathy
• Judgment calls are made constantly • Parents want much of our time • We feel tension of competing interests • We ask God often for wisdom • We take steps of faith
• Judgment calls are made constantly • Parents want much of our time • We feel tension of competing interests • We ask God often for wisdom • We take steps of faith
• Judgment calls are made constantly • Parents want much of our time • We feel tension of competing interests • We ask God often for wisdom • We take steps of faith
• We invest in their spiritual lives • Prepare them for heaven • Examples
• We invest in their spiritual lives • Prepare them for heaven • Examples
• We invest in their spiritual lives • Prepare them for heaven • Examples
• We invest in their spiritual lives • Prepare them for heaven • Examples:
• We invest in their spiritual lives • Prepare them for heaven • Examples
• Apply God’s heart to parents • Walk by faith, not by guilt/rules • Anticipate sanctification • Model what you want your kids to do for you!
Living With Chronic Pain
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