Imagine this scenario: Someone you dearly love is hurting. Maybe they are grieving the loss of a loved one or battling the depths of depression. Maybe they've lost their sense of purpose or just got a hard diagnosis from the doctor.

What is the best thing you can do for them?

Is it calling them every day? Making them meals? Being willing to sit with them in the quiet? Should you watch their kids? Offer to drive them around? Pick up their groceries?

All of those can be really good things for us to do. They show our love and support in very practical ways.

But what if I said the very best thing you could do was to stay close to Jesus yourself?

Let's explore some reasons why staying close to Jesus is so important when we are caring for someone who is hurting. And then be sure to stay to the end for a special invitation to dive deeper into this topic with me at a live event coming up next week.

Kari

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RELATED EPISODES + RESOURCES:

· Episode 163: Letting God Use Our Wounds: A Conversation with Russell Joyce

· Episode 171: Temptation, Testing, or Fallen World? How to Respond When Life Gets Hard

· Courageous Care book, available on my website or on Amazon

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>> Journal Gently: An 8-week grief and trauma journaling program

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