Jesus the caregiver
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hen Jesus Christ came to earth, He came not only as a redeemer, but also as a caregiver. He tended to people with illnesses, and consoled them in their suffering. He healed bodies and souls alike, and the touch of His hands extended beyond the temporal to the eternal. What can we learn from our Lord, the ultimate example of caregiving?
to flee them. But He also knew that as God’s son, He had the inexhaustible resources of God at His disposal (John 6:35–38). So He drew strength from this relationship, living in constant communion with His heavenly Father through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. This gave Him sufficiency as well as an intimacy with God that shaped every action, thought, conversation, and motive.
He drew strength from the knowledge of who He was. Jesus was as susceptible to exhaustion, weariness, discouragement, and frustration as we are (Mark 6:31). He too felt the weight of crushing responsibilities—and the desire
We, too, need to base our role and tasks of caregiving on our identity as God’s children. Then we can draw on His inexhaustible riches of strength, trusting that God not only knows our deepest needs and longings, but is also always ready to meet them.
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