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January 17, 2016

Jane Marie Thibault   |   Read Psalm 36:5-10

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As the number of people gifted with many years increases, those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia also increase. Such suffering often precipitates a crisis of faith in God’s steadfast love. As a clinical gerontologist specializing in work with dementia patients and their caregivers, I’m often asked,...

Dear God, open my eyes to the many ways you exhibit your steadfast love, not only in the good times but also in the difficult circumstances of my life and the lives of others. Amen.

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I join many of those who will pray for you as you seek to discern what you are called to be at this moment. May God grant you the courage to fulfill that calling. May we all open our eyes and see the misery, open our ears and hear the cries of God’s people, and, like God through the Lord Jesus Christ, be incarnate amongst them.” 

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—Rev. Sidwell Mokgothu, Limpopo Synod Bishop of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and board member for Africa Upper Room Ministries