I was visiting a church member in the Alzeimer's unit today. She was basically unresponsive to much that her husband or I said to her and she kept falling asleep. I was sharing with her husband that folks with Alzheimer's still had a deep memory of their faith and could often sing hymns word for word even though they couldn't talk otherwise. I leaned over to the woman and said, "You know that God loves you, don't you?" She looked at her husband and I said, "Yes, and He loves him too." At that moment, she made eye contact with me and broke into the biggest brightest grin and grabbed my hand. The smile almost lit the room. It certainly made my day - maybe even my week or my month.
Too often we forget that God loves us in the midst of our hectic and painful worlds. If we would just stop and remember, even our darkest days would be brighter.
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