Love never fails
By Sidharth Mohandas
Couple of week’s back my grand mother, 83 years old, had a fall causing one of her discs to be compressed. We took her to the hospital the very next day and the doctor recommended 3 weeks of bed rest. We brought her back home that day itself. But that evening as I went into her room to see how she was doing, I saw her tear off all her clothes and just screaming and saying utter nonsense. I was shocked to see her do this. When we asked her why she was doing it she started accusing us of things, and then she went on to say that we were trying to murder her. All of us were in a state of shock. We didn’t know what to make of it. At times she’d calm down a bit, but still detached from the world. We found it really hard to do things for her out of pure love because she kept saying things that really hurt us.
One time while I was holding her hands, she started folding my fingers, and I asked her what she was doing and she said, “Folding the clothes”. Every night she’d tear off all her clothes and scream. We prayed and did all we could do, but there was no change. A few days later a dear friend of mine came home and shared with us how it was with his mother and that the only cure for what she was going through was God’s love. That night my mother and I experienced Gods love in a very supernatural way. We literally felt Gods love flowing out of us as we took care of her. I opened my mailbox and saw my friend PJ had sent me a devotional of how “Love never fails”. I had heard those words so many times, but that day it put on new flesh and I told myself, “His love can’t fail in this one either”. Others told me that things would only grow worse and some said it was the beginning of Alzheimer’s. But we refused to accept it. My mother and I would sit beside her and love her by singing for her, praying with her and talking to her. In one or two days, the visual hallucination decreased to only the evenings, and a few more days later it decreased to only nights. We have seen only positive signs from here. Making her sit was something impossible. She’d throw tantrums and curse when we tried to make her sit, but now she has started walking using a walker. Releasing God’s love into our circumstances is so powerful!
Dear friends, you may be facing something similiar, or probably something different. Whatever it is, I challenge you to trust His love. Ask the Lord and tell him that you want to experience His love in a different way and seek Him till He does.
Thanks man for posting that… was really blessed… will remember Grandmom in prayers…
We seek Him in everything because He IS love! Amen.
hey we r having xactly the sam eprob now..was kindf getting pissed with our grandmom..God mite b using ur post for us…
That’s such a blessing to hear that testimony. No matter what the situation Love is the answer. Thanks for that fresh reminder.
Sid, it is a fact when we allow love to flow through us, G-d is flowing through us. When we make a decision to walk in love in any situation and love is there, He is.
So many times people allow a little yeast into their lives or pride that dams up the river of G-d’s love from flowing through them. I am convinced if they truly understood G-d’s love, they would lose all the sin because it just isn’t worth the cost. My prayer for you today is Ephesian 3:16-21! To G-d be the glory and I do mean ALL the glory, for He alone is worthy……Yeshua HaMashiach/Jesus Christ.
Thank you, Auntie PJ, for being a great blessing to me! Eph 3:16-21 is my prayer too! =)
Neethu, before it’s too late, I exhort you to start expressing God’s unconditional love towards your grandmom. Meditate on 1 Cor 13 and just purely love your grandmom… even if she resists and accuses, do not receive it. She isn’t saying it in her right mind and she’s absolutely helpless like a little baby.
Please act immediately!
Thanks Mike, David and Nikhil for your precious comments.
Sid,
I visited this post because of your link from my blog. Awwww. I mean it…Awwww. You are blessed to have been in the presence during this time. Truly blessed. I went through a similar situation with the passing of my mother in law. She was truly loved by me…but, of course, more deeply by her children, one of whom I’m married to. But, awesome!
We get a glimpse into the kingdom by those who are at it’s gates. I was fortunate to get that glimpse through the revelations of a loved one. My prayer is that we don’t wait till someone is dying to grab, enfold, embrace and otherwise internalize the love that comes from giving it all to Christ in the here and now! Not at the end of the time here…but here and now!
MakumSensum?
Marty
Awesome, Marty. God’s love is where the miraculous is.
My grand mother is strong and back as she used to be =) Glory to God!