When All Is Going Wrong ... Keep Going

What an awful day yesterday was. It was dreadful. Everything seemed to be conspiring against me. Every way I turned I could hear negative voices telling me my situation was simply impossible. Some in my own head, some from people I tried to phone yesterday in an effort to solve it quickly.

Did I give up?

No. 

I prayed and then I went to bed. Trying to sort it out when I was so tired was impossible.

And I got up the next day, prayed again, and set to work solving what appeared to be impossible the previous day.

It's now late afternoon on that next day. Okay, some things aren't solved, however they are in the hands of people I can trust. The way through this is much clearer.

Despite the negativity, the less-than-helpful comments, the train strikes that slowed down my journey to sort this issue out. I kept going despite all this, and won through.

Don't give up. Don't give in.

10 So do not fear, for I am with you;

    do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
    I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11 “All who rage against you
    will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
    will be as nothing and perish.
12 Though you search for your enemies,
    you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
    will be as nothing at all.
13 For I am the Lord your God
    who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
    I will help you.

Isaiah 41:10-13 (New International Version)

...sshhh...

 

Look forward...

Luke 9:61-62

New International Version - UK

61 Still another said, ‘I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.’

62 Jesus replied, ‘No one who puts a hand to the plough and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.’

Be Kind

 

A Million Reasons

 

Biblical?

Two Twenty Pound Notes

Here are two £20 notes. 

The one on the left has been through a horrible time. It has been abused and just a complete mess. 

The one on the right is pristine & crisp, not touched.

A question... is the one on the left worth less than the one on the right?

Don't let anyone put you down just because you've been through a tough time. We are ALL equal. We are worth the same value. We just have perfect imperfections which make us who we are!

A thought shared with me for World Mental Health day.

Never Wish Them Pain

"Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. "
(Romans 12:14 New International Version)

Stones

"...a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them..."

Ecclesiastes 3:5a (New International Version - UK)

Walking The Fine Line

There’s a fine line between supporting and ‘fixing’. 

Take, for example, the way I act now towards my children. Both of mine are now fully grown, and each have lives of their own. However, they still reach out to Dad for help from time to time. As they should! And I'm always there to help. To support. 

However, I'm not there to fix. Just like when you teach them to ride a bike, I've had to learn when to pull my hand away and when to keep it there. 

What I can do is help them find the wisdom, even the strength to figure out what happens now. This is the line between fixing and supporting. 

And, do you know what? That line is there for many different types of relationships, not just between parent and child.