"My forgetfulness and questions make me exhausting to be around."
How it sounds in your head: You asked the same question twice in one conversation. You can't remember what they told you yesterday. You see the frustration when they have to repeat things. Your memory problems are making you unbearable. They're tired of explaining everything three times.
"Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."
-- Lamentations 3:22-23Enemy using cognitive changes as evidence of being burdensome instead of normal aging requiring patience
His memory isn't what it was—names escape him, details blur, recent events disappear. He asks questions he's already asked. He sees people's patience wearing thin when they repeat themselves.
Israel forgot God's provision CONSTANTLY for 40 years—complaining, doubting, asking the same fearful questions repeatedly. God's response? Fresh manna EVERY SINGLE MORNING for 14,600 days straight. He never got tired of providing for their forgetfulness.
I REFUSE the lie that my forgetfulness makes me exhausting. IT IS WRITTEN that His compassions are NEW every morning—His patience never runs out. My memory changes don't diminish His faithfulness to me. IT IS WRITTEN that He keeps me in perfect peace when my mind is stayed on Him—even when my mind forgets details. The BARAK blessing covers my mind, my memory, my clarity. I am not too much to be around. I am covered by DAILY fresh mercies. God's faithfulness is great—greater than my forgetfulness.
The Father isn't keeping score of how many times you've asked Him the same thing. He's running toward you every morning with NEW compassion saying 'Ask Me again—I never tire of your voice, and My answers are fresh every time.'