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 a prayer for when your elderly parents meet you by Molly law read by Liam Martin
 honor your father and your mother as the Lord your God commanded you that your days may be long and it may go well with you and the land that the Lord your God is giving you Deuteronomy 5:16
 today's prayer is a very personal one for me
 I hope it reaches and touches those in similar situations
 my mother has Alzheimer's early onset she's only 58
 even if she wasn't so young Alzheimer's is still a horrible disease that changes the very core of an individual until in one long agonizing process you can no longer recognize the person sitting in front of you and neither can they
 as our parents grow older they're more likely to have more medical issues diabetes cancer dementia broken hips
 and those things happen like natural rolls can become reversed we suddenly become our parents caregivers
 for some of the more severe diseases like Alzheimer's it can feel like we become the parents and our parents are our children in the beginning my mother had commendable resilience in the face of Her diagnosis she was always in High Spirits about life but I found hard to grasp myself she never let all-timers Define her or dictate her quality of life
 3 years however after Her diagnosis she has deteriorated quite a bit and she's hardly the woman I called Mom my entire life
 reactions have become childlike and I've recently had to drive for a certain events hard to comprehend the fairness of it all have someone so generous and loving to become vehement easily angered
 and my sisters and I have to sacrifice our lives at such a young age it's hard to understand on the other hand I still love to hear my mom's laughter and see you're having fun is those moments that were once at the very core of her being are becoming a rare commodity
 as with any disease that takes hold of our parents we always need to live in the present Joys that allow them to still be them and be glad we still have this time to spend with them I know one day I might have to say Mom I'm your daughter remember
 so today despite the heartaches and inconveniences I will be grateful and enjoy the memory my mother still has left
 let's pray
 dear Lord I pray for all the ailing parents out there
 I pray for their children who suddenly find themselves on the other end of the natural order
 I pray that you'll give them comfort and strength as they navigate the diagnosis the treatment and the living arrangements
 I pray that you give us patients when the disease takes over and changes our parents be with us as the role reversals of Life throw us off balance
 Lord I pray that even in the midst of this one loss that we remember the time we have to love
 thank you for this time that's grown even more important
 I pray that will focus on the present good not the future bad other we all know that anything is possible for you we know you have the power to heal I believe in your Miracles we also know that your ways are higher and mysterious
 motor parents love you and will one day be with you forever in heaven I pray that it'll give all of us peace and Solace to rest in that knowledge I pray for the parents who aren't saved that they'll come to know you and that their children will show them the way
 so I pray that whatever may happen whether you choose to heal them or not if there's a cure in their lifetime I pray that your will be done in all our circumstances
 thank you Lord for parents our mothers and our fathers thank you for their wonderful and unique lives with us and our families thank you for this time we have with them
 thank you for being with us through these difficult times
 there are no words to describe this particular grief grieving an intervals over layers loss until they're ultimately gone please guide us through the toll the steaks on our mental physical and spiritual health
 I pray for every child having to parent a parent I pray for the parents who are suffering from any disease or pain
 I pray for your comfort and healing in all circumstances
 we love and trust you with all our hearts are healer our savior in Jesus name amen
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