{"id":30690,"date":"2010-01-18T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2010-01-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f06.70c.myftpupload.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2010-01-18T10:00:09","modified_gmt":"2010-01-18T16:00:09","slug":"beyond-casseroles-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/beyond-casseroles-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Else Can I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1251\" title=\"Beyond Casseroles\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/1172369_roasted_dinner.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond Casseroles\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The previous post in this series shared five ways to encourage families with special needs kids. The ideas came from Lisa Copen&#8217;s book, <em>Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Further Beyond Casseroles<\/h3>\n<p>Here are five more tips from Lisa&#8217;s book, which you can adapt for families with chronically ill children:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask your church youth group to come over and clean up the yard during seasonal changes.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t ask her, \u201cHow are you able to make it financially?\u201d If she wants to share a burden she will.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t gossip about others. She\u2019ll wonder what you say about her. \u201cDo not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen\u201d (Ephesians 4:29).<\/li>\n<li>Send tapes of church services your friend misses to her with a copy of the bulletin and a note.<\/li>\n<li>If your friend misses a special event in your life, call and say, \u201cI wondered if I could bring some photos over and share it with you. You\u2019re very special to me, and you were part of this day whether you were there or not.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Buy the Book at Rest Ministries<\/h3>\n<p>If you want more of Lisa&#8217;s ideas, you&#8217;ll find them at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/restministries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.restministries.com<\/a><\/strong>. You can receive the first forty pages of the book free, just by signing up for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/restministries.org\/res-ezine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa&#8217;s weekly email newsletter<\/a><\/strong>. The entire book and several related products are available at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beyondcasseroles.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Comfort Zone Online Bookstore<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/restministries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.restministries.com<\/a><\/strong>, browse around a little. Lisa has lots of resources for people with chronic illness and their caregivers. It&#8217;s worth your time to take a look.<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? You can receive more great content by subscribing to the quarterly Different Dream newsletter and signing up for the daily RSS feed delivered to your email inbox. 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