When someone we love is suffering, we can feel utterly helpless. We long to trust God, but frustration creeps in when healing doesn’t come, and exhaustion from caregiving on an empty tank weighs us down. Where can we find the hope and peace God promises in His Word?
Today, Jim welcomes author, entrepreneur, and career coach Camille Block to discuss her new book, Hope for Secondhand Suffering: Tools for the Heart When You Can’t Fix Your Loved One’s Pain. As the medical conservator, advocate, and voice for her brother Kevin - who lives with severe cerebral palsy quadriplegia - Camille has spent over 50 years caring for him. With heartfelt honesty, Camille shares the many ups and downs of her life’s journey alongside her brother, and how, thanks be to God, she’s found hope in the suffering.
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Books:
Hope for Secondhand Suffering: Tools For The Heart When You Can’t Fix Your Loved One’s Pain: https://a.co/d/iDtys5q
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Practical points for the caregiver (taken from Hope for Secondhand Suffering):
- Get enough sleep
- Have boundaries and keep your priorities
- Get and receive help from other people
- Stay healthy physically
- Pray/meditate
- Have time alone
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