Encouragement in this Journey

I am not really sure where to start on this post. Lately lots of thoughts have been rolling over in my spirit. The one thing that I have thought most about was how we beat each other down so often instead of stepping to the edge of a steep cliff and reaching down a hand or even cheering from the depths of our soul to the one who climbs where we have climbed. I know some of us and by that I use myself as an example are angry about the hand we have been dealt, I pray daily about it, I ask God to help me understand and to help me deal with this life with a new zeal, with a new outlook, with a fresh start to all the excitement and chance he has for me in this journey I have yet to comprehend. I know we feel sorry for ourselves sometimes and it seems like our pain has to be much greater than everyone else's.

Why are we doing that? Why aren't we helping each other, even the ones who have it better than we do yet are so far away from the grasp of happiness that we can't see it past our own burdens? We should be there with a phone call, a card in the mail, a prayer, and any and all things to let each of us know we aren't alone; we aren't the only ones struggling along in this crazy journey called life.

It is my prayer and I am speaking from my own guilt that from now on I look past my own pain, past my own struggles, past my own storms and battles to reach for the ones who feel like they have been forgotten, the ones who have no one else to turn to, the ones who feel like they are all alone in this journey. We can and should help each other. We can and should lift each other up, lend our shoulders to cry on, lend our ears to listen without speaking, lend our hearts to love these broken and hurt FRIENDS who believe life is just making it through the next day.

So in this short post I leave you with this:

Joshua 1:9 = Have I not commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Be encouraged today for you are never alone in this journey. Read my next post, you are going to be better than fine, we can do anything we put our mind to.

And remember

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS SINGLE PARENT JOURNEY!

God Bless!