The gist of the verse is this…because of God, not me, I am able to endure, sustain, and effectively handle what life throws at me daily. And this notion really comes into focus when you become a caregiver. I thought I had learned much a few years ago when I became my mother’s caregiver until she passed…but it didn’t hold a candle to suddenly becoming my husband’s full-time, twenty-four hour a day caregiver. It’s not like I wasn’t prepared for the job…I had spent 36 years as a Nurse working with families caring for loved ones at home, constantly preaching to them the importance of “caring for the caregiver”. But yet, here I was doing the exact opposite of what I advocated for. I was relying on myself, my expertise & nursing skills, and my pride rather than relying on God and God’s people to help me. My mantra had become, “I can do it all.”…but this only left me exhausted, stressed, and so very weary. This verse makes it very plain…it’s only through Him that we can do anything, and it’s only with His dependable strength we can persevere.
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