Carer's Dinner - Anne Andrew Reports

Recently an invitation was issued to the local church community to have a representative attend a Carers' Dinner organised by Community Health. I volunteered to attend and speak as both a member of the Christian community and as a carer myself. After seeking the Lord for His message, I spoke on the need for every carer to have care and that my care had come from Jesus, the ultimate carer. Carers find themselves dealing not only with the physical demands of looking after a loved one, but also with their own responses - desire to do their best but falling short; tiredness; guilt; feelings of abandoning their loved one should they need to move from home-based to community care. Many carers become more and more isolated as the demands of their role consume their energy. The joy of the Christian in these circumstances is that they have Jesus' promise to meet every need, to never leave us or forsake us; He is our joy, our wisdom and our hope no matter how difficult a situation we may face