Love in the Midst of Alzheimer's
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Muriel began repeating her stories without realizing it. Alzheimer’s disease had begun its insidious attack and would ultimately take over her mind. Her husband left his prestigious career behind to care for her full-time. It was a decision that had been made in his heart, years earlier, when he vowed “in sickness or in health.” Hear the lessons Robertson McQuilkin learned about true love as he provided full-time care for Muriel for over a decade.
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| 0:00.0 | Your church comes to you each week to fill their cup. But when the crowd leaves, who's filling yours? |
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| 0:17.7 | that pastors face in their ministry journey, both personally and professionally. |
| 0:22.8 | So, I invite you to listen and subscribe to pastor to pastor wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:31.5 | Love never gives up. Love cares more for others and for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. |
| 0:38.6 | Love trusts God always, always looks for the best. |
| 0:42.7 | Never looks back, but keeps going to the end. |
| 0:47.3 | Well, that's a paraphrase of a well-known Bible verse that is so straightforward, |
| 0:52.3 | even a child can understand the truth there. And love is our |
| 0:56.7 | focus today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly. I'm John Fuller. Well, John, biblical love is |
| 1:03.1 | selfless, just like that paraphrase of 1 Corinthians 13 describes. And even though it's simple |
| 1:09.0 | enough for a child to understand, it can be difficult to |
| 1:11.6 | live out on a day-to-day basis, especially in challenging circumstances. And today we want to |
| 1:18.3 | feature a story about selfless love, the kind of love that we see in Jesus Christ and how he loves |
| 1:23.9 | each one of us. Today's speaker is a great example of that selfless love. His name is |
| 1:29.3 | Robertson McWilkin. He served for 22 years as president of Columbia International University |
| 1:35.5 | before leaving that position to care for his wife, Muriel. But I'll let him tell you how that |
| 1:41.3 | came about. This is an amazing story of loyalty and devotion. And, you know, |
| 1:46.6 | we just don't hear enough stories like this one. So I'm looking forward to today's message. |
| 1:52.0 | As am I, Jim. And with that, let's go ahead and hear now from the late Dr. Robertson McClequin |
| 1:57.5 | on Focus on the Family with Jim Dairy. |
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