How You Can Continue to Be Happy When You Taking Care of Somebody?

1-2. How Jehovah can feel about people who taking care of their family or friend? (Proverbs 19:17) (Also see the pictures.)

ONE brother from Korea name Jin-yeol say: “Me and my wife been marry for more than 32 years now. But now, she suffering from some kindna serious sickness da make it hard for her to move her body. So I been taking care of her for five years. I really love my wife and I can enjoy taking care of her. She get special kindna bed she can sleep on. And every night I can lay down side her and we can hold hands when we sleeping.”

² You taking care of somebody who you love like your family member or friend? If so, you happy to do it because you really love da person. And you also doing it because you love Jehovah. (1 Tim. 5:​4, 8; Jas. 1:27) But sometime, you can face some problem dem da other people not know about. And you can even feel da nobody understand what you going through. Sometime, people can see you smiling but they not know da you can be sad when you by yourself. (Ps. 6:6) Even if other people not know what you going through, Jehovah know and understand what you going through. (Compare Exodus 3:7.) He can see your tears and all the hard work you doing and he value it. (Ps. 56:8; 126:5) Jehovah say da good you doing for him and he promise to pay you back.—Read Proverbs 19:17.

3. What some problem dem Abraham and Sarah face when they wor taking care of Terah?

³ Plenty people in the Bible use to take care of old or sick people too. Abraham and Sarah da one example. Their pa, Terah wor around 200 years old when they wor leaving from Ur. But he still follow them. They travel for some weeks to go to Haran. (Gen. 11:​31, 32) We sure Abraham and Sarah use to love Terah. But it wor not small thing to take care of old person especially the way they wor traveling. Maybe they use to travel on camel or donkey, and da one wor really hard for old man like Terah. So we sure da Abraham and Sarah really use to be tire sometime. But Jehovah give them the strength to be able to take care of Terah. So the same way Jehovah help Abraham and Sarah, he will help you too to continue taking care of your old or sick person.—Ps. 55:22.

4. Wetin we coming talk about in this article?

⁴ If you always happy, it will be easy for you to take care of your old or sick person. (Prov. 15:13) Remember da you can still be happy even when you going through problem. (Jas. 1:​2, 3) So wetin you can do to continue to be happy? One thing you can do da to pray to Jehovah to help you. In this article, we will talk about some other thing dem you can do to help you when you taking care of your old or sick person. We will also talk about what other people can do to help. But first, let talk about why you mon continue to be happy when you taking cake of your old or sick person, and why it can be hard sometime.

WHY IT CAN BE HARD FOR PEOPLE WHO TAKING CARE OF OLD OR SICK PERSON TO BE HAPPY?

5. Why it good to be happy when you taking care of old or sick person?

⁵ When you taking care of old or sick person and you not happy, it will be easy to get tire. (Prov. 24:10) And when you tire, you will not be able to help the person the way you want do it. But what can make it hard sometime to not be happy when you taking care old or sick person?

6. Why some people who taking care of old or sick person can really get tire?

⁶ Sometime, somebody who taking care old or sick person can really get tire. One sister name Leah say: “Most of the time, I can still feel tire even if my day wor good. Sometime I can’t even get the strength to reply to text message.” And for some people, it can be hard to get enough time to sleep or to rest. One sister name Inés say: “Most of the time, I can wake up plenty time in the night to take care of my mother-in-law. So for da reason, I can’t sleep good. And for plenty years now, me and my husband not even able to go for vacation.” Some people can’t even be able to spend time with their friend dem or do certain work for Jehovah. And da because they can use most of their time to take care of their old or sick family member. So sometime, they can feel bad because they not able to do the thing dem they want do.

7. What some thing dem da can make people who taking care of their sick or old person to feel bad?

⁷ Sometime, some people who taking care of old or sick person can feel bad or guilty. For example, one sister name Jessica say: “When I take some time to rest, sometime I can feel bad because I can be thinking da I not doing enough to help my pa.” And for some people, they can even feel da they not able to continue taking care of the person. And when they tire, sometime they can say or do some thing dem da not correct. All this one dem can make people who taking care of their old or sick person to really feel bad about theirself. (Jas. 3:2) And for other people they can really feel bad when they see somebody who wor strong before, getting sick and sick every day. One sister name Barbara say: “One of the thing da can really make me feel bad da to see my friend sickness getting worse every day.”

8. Give example on how some people can feel when other people tell them thank you.

⁸ Some people who taking care of their old or sick person can feel da people not grateful for what they doing. Why? Because plenty people can’t tell them thank you for all the hard work they doing. When you tell somebody who taking care of their old or sick person thank you, it can really make them happy. (1 Thess. 5:18) One sister name Melissa say: “Sometime, I can cry because I can be feeling discourage. But when the people I taking care of tell me thank you, I can really be happy! This one can encourage me to continue taking care of them.” One brother name Ahmadu and his wife taking care of their niece who really sick. He say: “Even though our niece not know all the hard work we can do to take of her, she can tell us thank you. And when she do it, we can really be happy.“

HOW YOU CAN CONTINUE TO BE HAPPY?

9. How somebody who taking care of old or sick person can show da they humble?

⁹ Know what you able to do and what you not able to do. (Prov. 11:2) Nobody able to do all the thing dem they want do. So you mon know what you able to do and what you not able to do. And sometime you need to say no to some thing dem. When this one happen, don’t feel bad. It will show da you humble. Also, if other people want help you, be happy to accept it. One brother name Jay say: “Every day, we can only do the thing dem we able to do. So when we humble, we will not do more than what we able to do. And it will help us to continue to be happy.”

10. When you taking care of somebody, why it good for you to understand the person? (Proverbs 19:11)

¹⁰ Learn to understand people. (Read Proverbs 19:11.) When you understand people, sometime it can be hard for you to get vex when they say or do something da you not like. Somebody who understand people can try to know the reason why the person acting certain way. Some sickness dem can make some people to start doing thing dem da they can’t do before. (Eccl. 7:7) For example, somebody who use to talk to people good before, will just start arguing with people. Or sometime they can just get vex and start complaining. So if you helping somebody who get serious sickness, it will be good for you to learn about the sickness. This one will help you to know da the sickness making him to act like da, and not because he want be like da.—Prov. 14:29.

11. What some important thing dem people who taking care of somebody mon find time to do every day? (Psalm 132:​4, 5)

¹¹ Find time to make your friendship with Jehovah strong. Sometime, you need to forget about some thing dem and focus on the “more important” things. (Phil. 1:10) And one of the more important thing da to make your friendship with Jehovah strong. Even though King David wor busy, he put Jehovah worship first in his life. (Read Psalm 132:​4, 5.) Da the same way it good for you to find time every day to read the Bible and to pray. One sister name Elizabetha say: “When I pray to Jehovah, and think on some verse dem in Psalms, it can really comfort me and make me happy. But da praying to Jehovah na really help me. Da why I can pray plenty time in the day for Jehovah to help me to continue to be happy.”

12. What people who taking care of somebody mon to do to be alright in the body?

¹² Do some thing dem da can help you to be alright in the body. People who taking care of other people can really be busy. So sometime, it can be hard for them to do things da can help them like eating good food and taking exercise. But doing this thing dem can make people alright in their body. So try to eat good food and take exercise all the time. (Eph. 5:​15, 16) Beside da one, try to sleep good. (Eccl. 4:6) People who study about our brain say da when we sleeping our brain can be fixing itself. One medical book say da when we sleep good, it can help us to not worry too much and we can be relax when we going through serious situation. You also need to find time to enjoy yourself. (Eccl. 8:15) One sister explain what help her to continue to be happy. She say: “When the weather good, I can go outside to enjoy the sun. I can also take one day every month for me and my friend dem to enjoy ourself.”

13. Why it good to laugh? (Proverbs 17:22)

¹³ Do thing dem da will make you laugh. (Read Proverbs 17:22; Eccl. 3:​1, 4) Laughing good for your body and mind. When you taking care of somebody, most of the time some thing dem can happen da you not expecting. But if you laugh about it, it will be hard for you to get vex. And when you laughing with the person you taking care of, it can make yor friendship to be strong.

14. How talking with somebody da you trust can help you?

¹⁴ Talk with somebody da you trust. Even if you try hard to be happy, sometime you will still worry. When da one happen, it will be good for you to talk with your friend who you trust. It mon be somebody who will not make you to feel bad about how you feeling. (Prov. 17:17) Maybe the way the person will listen to you and encourage you will make you to be happy.—Prov. 12:25.

15. How yor will be happy when yor talk about what yor will do together in Paradise?

¹⁵ Think about what yor will do together in Paradise. Know da you will not be taking care of old or sick person forever. Da not the kindna work Jehovah want for human being to do. (2 Cor. 4:​16-18) We waiting for the “real life” to come. (1 Tim. 6:19) When you and the person you taking care of talk about what yor will do together in Paradise, it will make yor happy. (Isa. 33:24; 65:21) One sister name Heather say: “Most of the time, I can tell the person I taking care of da we will soon be sewing clothes together, running together, and riding bicycle together. We will bake bread and cook for our people dem who will come back to life. We want tell Jehovah thank you for giving us this hope.”

HOW OTHER PEOPLE CAN HELP?

16. How we can help somebody in our congregation who taking care of old or sick person? (Also see the picture.)

¹⁶ Help them to get some time to rest. All of us in the congregation can help people who taking care of old or sick person. (Gal. 6:2) When we do this one, it will help the people who taking care of their old or sick person to get some time to rest and do other thing dem for theirself. And da just what some brother and sister dem na plan to do. One sister name Natalya who taking care of her husband da can’t walk say: “One brother in our congregation can come one or two time in the week to spend time with my husband. They can preach together, lecture and watch show together. My husband can really enjoy the time he can spend with his friend and it can give me time to rest and do some other thing dem.” Sometime, you can help to take care of the person in the night so da the person who always taking care of them can sleep.

17. How we can help somebody who taking care of old or sick person during the meeting?

¹⁷ Help them during the meeting. People who taking care of their old or sick person during the meeting, assembly, and convention can’t benefit good-good because they can be busy. So we can help to sit down with the old or sick person during the meeting for some time. If the old or sick not able to move from their house, we can go there and attend meeting with dem on zoom. Like da, it will allow the person who taking care of them to go to the Kingdom Hall for meeting.

18. Wetin else we can do to help people who taking care of their old or sick person?

¹⁸ Tell them thank you and pray for them. The elder dem mon always take time to encourage and pray for people who taking care of their old or sick person. (Prov. 27:23) And all of us in the congregation mon always tell them thank you even if we ourself going through problem. We can also pray for Jehovah to give them strength and help them to continue to be happy.—2 Cor. 1:11.

19. Wetin Jehovah will soon do?

¹⁹ Jehovah will soon finish all the thing dem da can make us to suffer and be sad. Sickness and death will not be here again. (Rev. 21:​3, 4) “The lame will leap like the deer.” (Isa. 35:​5, 6) We will not suffer from old age and we will not be having old or sick person to take care of again. The Bible say “the former things will not be called to mind.” (Isa. 65:17) But while we waiting for Jehovah to do all the thing dem he promise, we can be sure da he will always help us. If we continue to depend on Jehovah for strength, he will help us to “endure fully with patience and joy.”—Col. 1:11.