Luke 17: 3 Take
heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he
repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in
a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou
shalt forgive him.
My dad had to go to skilled nursing when he left the hospital the second time, because he needed more medical care than I could provide for him. I had this bright idea that I wish I had kept to myself. I scheduled to have my daughter's family join my husband and me in having dinner with my dad at the skilled nursing facility the first full day he was there.
Well, he did fine with the kids and it was great for them to see their great-grandpa, although he wasn't eating much. I had the bright idea of seeing if he wanted a drink of water. With the Parkinsonism, it's sometimes difficult for him to bring a cup to his mouth. It's like his hand stalls out about six inches from his mouth in much the same way that his feet stall out when he's trying to walk.
I put the cup with the straw in it close to his mouth and he took a drink the first time. In a few minutes I asked he he's like another drink of water and he said yes. This time when I put the cup up to his mouth, he became irate for me putting the cup up by his face. I've wondered since if because he has macular degeneration, the straw looked like it was going to poke him or something, although it wouldn't have. Regardless, he was not a happy camper and my feelings were hurt, not to mentioned the startled reactions of my family. I have to remember that my dad's going through a lot of changes and this passage is very important for me to remember. Luke 17: 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Since these are examples of how I've applied these Bible verses to my experience, they may not reflect the whole meaning of the verse.
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