She was confined to a wheelchair, and this did not stop her. One day she had the facility where she resided take her to Wal-Mart to get her hair done.
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What a powerful promise belongs to us and our world in this scripture. What a wonderful time in human history to be the peace reflected in this passage.
It is amazing to me that, in the course of visiting these precious souls we call homebound, my past has caught up with me more than once.
This little tale is about two sisters who lived together and are no longer with us. They had a nice home and the strange thing about their home was “Their Tree.”
How many homebound members would you guess that FUMC has? On our list there are 119 entries, and 25 of these are couples. That makes for 144 that we know about. Many of them live in their own home sometimes with caregiver help.
When there are health and memory issues, not enough money to pay the bills, aches and pains that are ever-present, family members living a great distance away, too many friends outlived, eyes that are weak and hearing even weaker — all of this and more could make for lots of unhappiness and feeling sorry for oneself.
She is small, 5’4″ and about 100 pounds, and mighty in many ways. Her very latest “adventure” is recuperating from heart surgery in October 2015.
I have shared some of the ways you can be of help by being a congregational informant in this rewarding ministry. Here are two more very important and meaningful ways to help.
You know as well as I do that excuses can really be amusing bits of verbiage — especially excuses for “why I couldn’t get to church, preacher.” I imagine we all could share ones we have either used or heard . . . or both.
This is such a rewarding ministry. Sometimes people are facing scary illnesses, sometimes they have had a family member or close friend pass away, sometimes there are confusion and memory issues, sometimes they are just lonely and feel forgotten.