THE VALLEY

This will be a short post, but I was on my way to church this morning and a song began to play and I heard the words "even the valleys higher ground, that's why Im up when I oughta be down, that's why I smile when I should be wearin a frown, even the valleys higher ground". I thought on that for a moment and I'm really going through a storm right now which at times blurs your vision. I heard so softly where were you? Me: Where was I? What? When? Again a soft voice: Before!! Me: Oh I said.

Where was I before let me tell you: I was a miserable person. I was a person whom I had grown to hate, a person with no backbone, a person who rarely smiled, a person who cried practically all the time, a person who was very depressed, a person who's marriage was completely falling apart, a person who's friends were having an affair with her husband, a person who didn't run and play with her children. A person who was searching without even realizing it for something, anything that would make me feel something. Searching for some real happiness, searching for a place where I belonged, searching for people who loved me, searching for someone and one day when I couldn't sink any further he found me and now I am a happier and better person because of Jesus. I know I will have battles even when I am a Christian, they don't end the day you become a Christian, but when I look back on the years before I really decided to follow Jesus completely and fully the battles I face now are nothng compared to what I would be without Jesus and where I was. So you see even these valleys are higher ground compared to Where I Was. Thank you God for reminding me where you brought me from, I know I'll face trials, but at least I will have you to carry me when I can't walk alone.

And remember

YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THIS SINGLE PARENT JOURNEY

God Bless You