Abundant Strength: A Caregiver’s Prayers
Abundant Strength: A Caregiver’s Prayers is a collection of poetry for sons and daughters who must care for their elderly parents. Based on author Lynn H. Wyvill’s experience with her aging parents in their last years, this book explores the most challenging work she has ever done.
When she felt lonely, frustrated, and exhausted as a caregiver, Lynn turned to prayer. In pouring her heart out to the Lord, she found peace, comfort, and resolve.
By sharing these heartfelt prayers, Lynn hopes her words bring other sons and daughters the solace and strength they seek by relying on the Lord’s grace and guidance.
Just a few minutes to pray with you
To catch my breath, to restore my spirit
So I can swim gracefully in the sea of caregiving.
—“Swimming in the Sea of Caregiving”
“This book is full of prayers for caregivers, as the title indicated. When you find yourself at times of exhaustion, committing a couple of phrases from this to memory will give you words for your prayers when you have no words.
It is clearly written and simplified. Excellent for someone who is at the end of their own wisdom and strength. Reading it gives a glimpse into the mind of someone who has been in the situation of being overwhelmed with the competing needs of complex care-giving. Respect for the rights and dignity of the person served while holding a wider viewpoint of the elderly or ill person’s options.
Excellent book. I am happy to have it in my Kindle and will be cobbling together different parts of prayers too make my own.”
“I received an advance review copy of this book and it’s an excellent book for all to read, not just caretakers. Her prayers are thoughts we may have all thought at one time, when taking care of someone for anything. The prayers provide a quick reach when you want to pray over guilt, regrets, patients, sadness, fear, anger and more.”
“Lynn Wyvill casts her magic again. Her first book took the joys of nature and captured them beautifully in poems. In Abundant Strength she tackles the tough times we face as caregivers with words gracefully woven into prayers. This book is helping me deal with love and loss.”
“Lynn perfectly captured the essence of the joy and pain of being a caregiver. This book of prayers reminds us that we’re not alone. While our journey may be new and unfamiliar to us, the path is well worn, and filled with many warm hearts and hands willing to help.”