When the surgeon told me Gracie would be in the hospital for three months, my mind raced: The kids are at school. I've got a job to hold down. Bills to pay. How am I supposed to hold this together for three months?

Staring at the wall, I quietly muttered to myself: "I can't do this for three months."

The surgeon heard me. He gently placed his hand on my shoulder and said, "You're not going to do it for three months. You're going to do it for 24 hours." Then he pointed me to Jesus' words: "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself." (Matthew 6:34)

That moment was more than 20 years ago. It still carries me.

Caregiving often feels impossible when you try to take it all at once. But we were never asked to carry months or years — only today.

Just today. By His grace. That's the 24-Hour Rule.

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