Love - The Great Energizer

I’ve been thinking about how sometimes we don’t even realize how much we can do until we are challenged to do it.

I have a friend who is going through some really tough times, pain-wise. She has two male loved-ones in her home. She isn’t much younger than me. Somehow, she manages to do all that she usually does for the household, including her “guys.” Somehow, she pushes herself to do what she has to do.

I know that feeling well. I’ve been a care-giver big time. When I look back, I do not know where the strength and stamina came from. 

I suspect that love drives us more than we realize. Love energizes us. It fills us with unbelievable strength and perseverance and patience.

I worry about her. She has been battling this pain for two years, going through this test and that, seeing this specialist and that. Hopefully, within two weeks, she will finally find out what is causing the pain and what can be done about it. Meanwhile, there was one day when I was afraid for her to drive home - I was just about ready to drive to her home, get her DH, and bring him back to drive them both home. Fortunately, her hip/leg kicked in and she said she could do it. 

The thing is, the treatment could be costly in time and energy. She is going to worry, I know, about how her “guys” will manage. I know it will work out. Things always do. But I suspect that a few prayers would help.

Father, you know who I am worried about. Please bless her with everything she needs to get through the next weeks and months. And bless her loved ones, too, so that they will easily offer moral support as well as household support, when and if she needs it. She has been good to others; I pray that they are good to her, in return.