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Bible Verses for Caring for an Aging Parent
Doctor's appointments, medications, hard conversations, and your own family too. These verses are for the caregiver who is running on empty.
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Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
Isaiah 46:4 (WEB)He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall; but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:29-31 (WEB)Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up.
Galatians 6:9 (WEB)“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30 (WEB)“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
Exodus 20:12 (WEB)Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16 (WEB)Don’t reject me in my old age. Don’t forsake me when my strength fails.
Psalm 71:9 (WEB)Cast your burden on the LORD and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 55:22 (WEB)My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26 (WEB)Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2 (WEB)He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (WEB)My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19 (WEB)He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Exodus 33:14 (WEB)
Caring for a parent turns the world upside down. The person who once took care of you now needs help with things they'd rather not need help with. It's an honor, and it's exhausting, and both are true at once.
Isaiah 46:4 is God's promise to your parent: "Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you." It's a promise to you, too. You are not the only one carrying them.
Galatians 6:2 tells us to "bear one another's burdens," and that includes letting others bear yours. Accept the meal. Ask a sibling for one specific thing. Take the respite hour without apologizing.
When you're worn thin, remember 2 Corinthians 4:16: "our inward person is renewed day by day." Not all at once. Day by day. That's enough for today.