Café

• 
  All Delighted People
  Reviewed by Sophie Gyles
• 
  Meaning at the Movies
  Reviewed by Joshua Maule
• 
  The Ghost Writer
  Reviewed by Jamie Dunk
• 
  Christianity Alongside Islam
  Reviewed by Stephanie Brooking

• “Ethics” tussle continues. Major submission by Scripture lessons supporters
• Whose Land
• Blackstump cancelled
• Election myths busted

• The Mystery of Suffering
• Floods in Pakistan and Paddington: Who’s to Blame?
• Living the Dream - Inception (2010)
• God’s Revelation

• Hipster Faith
• Stuff Christian Hipsters Like
• Spotlight: Before We Were Hipsters
• The Tricky H-Word
• And Glenn Beck Shall Lead Them

Will God forget me?

1:00am Wednesday, 10th March 2010  

For forty years Mary kept everything running. As a history teacher for seven years, then a wife and mother, her four children and eleven grandchildren made her life full and rewarding.
In recent years, Mary’s daily reality has become one of confusion, frustration and distress. Her psychological bearings of memory have been lost. She once loved cooking and gardening but now they seem daunting and impossibly complicated tasks.
As a Christian living with dementia, life has become very challenging for Mary. It isn’t possible for her to visit her church anymore, a family she was part of for 40 years. And sometimes on her darker days, she catches herself wondering whether God will end up forgetting her now that she has started to forget Him…
Mary’s family and friends care for her with compassion and selfless love, but it is also a painful journey. 
Sometimes they question whether God is able to provide for her needs and they worry about whether they could possibly encourage her in her walk with the Lord. Mary loves her Christian friends and the Pastoral care staff at HammondCare, how they remind her of her Heavenly Father through reading the scriptures, singing her favourite hymns and praying together—even though she rarely has the words to say anymore.
Despite her slow decline, Mary is still clinging to God’s promises and is looking forward to a new body and mind when it’s time for her to go home.
 Please pray for the many Australians like Mary living with dementia. Pray that He would raise up people to patiently love them. Despite the pain and real sense of loss in seeing a loved one suffer and deteriorate, it remains a great comfort to know that our God is kind and keeps his promises to work for the good of those who love him. For a free guide with advice about supporting someone living with dementia visit  http://www.hammond.com