Years ago, while struggling with prayer, God led me to a way that I could pray more effectively and I would like to share this with you. Prayer allows you to deepen your relationship with God which can improve your overall spiritual growth. Although God already understands us before we utter a word of prayer, Continue Reading >>
Can We Trust God?
Sometimes, without giving any consideration to their spiritual maturity, we advise our friends or family to “just trust God.” The truth is that confidence in our Father is not automatic. It doesn’t just happen the moment you realize that God loves you so much that he sent His Son Jesus to come to earth and Continue Reading >>
Being Transformed as We Grow Older
Spiritual Care Support Ministries speaks to all ages, but especially the elderly. God loves not only healthy people, but the sick as well. He is there to support you and transform your lives. Even if you have cancer or Crohn’s disease, even if your loved one has died, God is there to sustain you through Continue Reading >>
How to Offer Support to a Friend with Cancer
Friendship is based on support, love, and trust, and when a friend’s life is flipped upside down due to a cancer diagnosis, it becomes crucial for other friends to know how to respond. There are many ways to offer support to a friend with cancer, from simply showing up, listening, and keeping spiritual faith present Continue Reading >>
Early Morning Hours
I love the early morning hours before the hectic pace of the day begins. I sit out in my gazebo and listen to the birds sing. I watch all kinds of different types of birds feasting from our bird feeder. It’s almost like they know I am here and want to say to me, “Good Continue Reading >>
Water your plants, and let God water you.
It is morning and everything looks so green. The flowers in my flower pots are asking for water so I need to water them. There is a lot to be done this morning before I head off to the SCSM Center but my physical body does not want to cooperate. Can anyone out there relate Continue Reading >>
African Violets
Have you ever really looked at an African violet plant? I have one on my kitchen table that I bought three years ago at a local grocery store. the African violet that I have, when it is in bloom, has five pedals with four yellow stamens in the center. They have delicate leaves, very different Continue Reading >>
Waiting on Spring
I was driving home from the Giant food store to pick up medicine for my husband Arvid the other day. It was raining, cold and grey outside. It was supposed to be Spring with warmer temperatures and flowers and trees bursting with new life. Someone told me that it was the coldest weather we have Continue Reading >>
How Bereaved Parents Can Cope
The death of a child at any age, under any circumstance, is indeed the toughest experience a parent could face. The grief is all-consuming, and it can be difficult to live your everyday life. There is no right way to grieve, but there are some things that may help you to cope. Find a support Continue Reading >>
Hope and a Future
“I am only one but I am one. I cannot do everything but I can do something and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.” (Edward Hales) That is the way we feel as we minister to those who are chronically ill, grieving the loss Continue Reading >>
How to Deal with Chronic Illness in a Marriage
Remember that part of your wedding vows when you promised to love and honor one another in sickness and in health? If you’re dealing with a chronic illness in your marriage, where one or the other spouse is very sick, it’s not as simple as remembering that you made a promise to love and honor Continue Reading >>
All I want for Christmas is Jesus
When your heart is heavy with sadness or sorrow, the last thing you want to do is celebrate the holidays. The carols and bells, the tinsel and evergreens, serve only to remind you of the burden weighing so heavily on your spirit. While you weep, wresting with the realities of life without the one you Continue Reading >>
The Various Benefits of Being a Volunteer
If you have spent time volunteering before, you might actually be a happier, healthier, and well-rested person compared to people who have not given it a shot. Volunteering is all about giving back to others but Spiritual Care Support Ministries can guarantee that you’ll get something out of volunteering too. Take a look at the Continue Reading >>
Being Thankful is Impossible! (Or is it…?)
It’s that time of year when we talk about being thankful, after all Thanksgiving will soon be here. I am not sure what you are grieving over. Perhaps, your loved one just died, you found out that you have a disease that is not curable, or you have a chronic illness that will not go Continue Reading >>
Let This House Be Known As Home
Let This House Be Known As Home May it hold the charm of Laughter, yet be a place for peaceful thought. May it be your family’s Haven whenever love or trust is sought. May it be a source of Memories, of moments spent in loving care. May this house be known as Home and may Continue Reading >>