THOU wilt keep himin perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. Holy Bible , American Standard Version
I am a caregiver for my elderly mother. She is extremely stubborn and independent. Because of health reasons she has lost a lot of her independence. This causes a lot of friction between us. Many times I feel like I am going to explode and I have to get away from her. The only thing to calm me down is a cigarette. As well she is stubborn and refuses to listen to listen to anyone. She is right and the whole world is wrong (even though she does not know what she is talking about). Then when things go south she always blames everyone but herself. I go almost a month without smoking and then she gets into one of her moods and look out. Then I need a cigarette and we do not talk with each other for a few days.
This has been going on for three years. Each time I prayed for wisdom on how to handle her and then read an article on how a man was stressed out and was told that the reason for his stress was because only if you let it stress you out it will.
Now that sounds reasonable but then how do you handle the situation?
Later while reading the Bible this verse suck out to me: Thou wilt keep himin perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. Holy Bible , American Standard Version
It makes perfect sense.
When stress comes I remove myself from the situation and allow it to drive me to my knees where I belong in prayer.
Prayer: Thank you Jehovah-Machsi – Lord my Refuge for blessing me with the privilege of entering into Your holy sanctuary where You bless me with peace, healing, comfort and fortitude to carry on in my duties (duty is an act of love) to You and my mother. I praise You in the name of the Prince of Peace Jesus Christ. Amen.
May the sunshine of Jesus’ sweet love bless you today and every day.
Cleavet After a year and a half mom has now settled down and our relationship has improved tremendously. She has even begun to go to church again for the first time in about forty years. The lord has taught me how to deal with stress. Mom has not smoked in about a year and I rarely smoke now (I am confident one day my Lord will permanently smash this chain of addiction)
As Christ is our King, so too are we His free will servants Joseph a son of Jehovah
I have been a faithful servant of our Lord for the past forty years.
He has led me to move from the farm to the city. It was there I learned natural medicine as well as to serve by doin volunteer work in a hospital. This was preparing me for the next stage of growth and service unto Him.
The next phase was to live in a tent in the western provinces of Canada planting trees. It has here in His marvelous creation of nature that He taught me so much of Himself while serving others in camp as a first aid attendant. If anybody got sick or injured they always came to me. As well, I learned to be a big brother and care about their mental health and for most, it was the first time they were ever loved.
This caring for others prepared me for the next step which was to be a teacher all over China. Here not only did my example guide many to our Heavenly King but also taught me how to deal with narcissist.
This prepared me to come home to take care of a narcissistic mother while dealing with narcissist family members.
It was in China that the Lord also guided me to become a Christian writer which has been faithfully done for the past ten years.
I know not what will happen tomorrow but I know who holds tomorrow in His hands and it is Him I place my total confidence and trust in. Joseph a son of Jehovah
I believe the Lord will honor your care giving.. I am very close to my family, and I know how difficult it can be when dealing with leopards who can not change their spots 🙂
The elderly can greatly benefit from coconut oil it helps give their brain fatty acid.. especially if they have dementia. I pray the Lord will continue strengthening your family and there will be brighter days ahead! Proverbs 15:1 🙂
The Bible says that it is the duty (an act of love) of children to care for their mothers. In caring for my mother it is an act of love towards Jehovah and to my mother.
I know Jehovah will reward me with jewels in my tree( I wrote and interesting article about that) when I get to my Heavenly home.
Thank you for your encouragement, I deeply appreciate it.
josephsdailywalkwithjesus 
November 24, 2016 at 12:01 am
I believe the Lord will honor your care giving.. I am very close to my family, and I know how difficult it can be when dealing with leopards who can not change their spots 🙂
The elderly can greatly benefit from coconut oil it helps give their brain fatty acid.. especially if they have dementia. I pray the Lord will continue strengthening your family and there will be brighter days ahead! Proverbs 15:1 🙂
November 24, 2016 at 2:31 pm
The Bible says that it is the duty (an act of love) of children to care for their mothers. In caring for my mother it is an act of love towards Jehovah and to my mother.
I know Jehovah will reward me with jewels in my tree( I wrote and interesting article about that) when I get to my Heavenly home.
Thank you for your encouragement, I deeply appreciate it.
November 25, 2016 at 2:30 am
I will search for your post Jewels In My Tree.. it does sound interesting..
Thank You 🙂
November 25, 2016 at 7:00 am
I will find it for you and send you the link.
November 28, 2016 at 1:58 pm
I found the article on the other site I used to write on and will inform you when it is posted in two weeks time.
December 1, 2016 at 5:43 pm
Thanks so much, I couldn’t find it.. but enjoyed your other posts while looking.
God Bless
December 2, 2016 at 3:48 pm
I have post dated it and will gladly inform you when it will be published. Thank you for searching and looking at the other articles.