Public Service Announcement

Sometimes, pain can be so very, very deep that all the scripture verses in the world that you've ever read, memorized, and believed just can't penetrate that deep pain.  Every scripture I had ever shared with anyone else during times of loss or pain, every scripture that had ever brought me comfort in other difficult times were just not working for me.

Did this mean, that I didn't love the Lord?  No.  I loved Him and I knew he was sustaining me.  Was I still a little bit in disagreement with Him?  You betcha!  I had a hole in my heart bigger than the galaxy.  My boy had been yanked out of my life with no warning and no explanations.   

I was struggling every single day, and those struggles were getting worse.  It was time to talk to someone in addition to God.  I had told God that if He would bring me through this in one piece, and teach me what I needed to learn from the experience, that I would use what he taught me to help someone else.  But, I felt like I was spiraling into a deep and dark place where I was going to be spinning around forever and ever.

As I have shared in earlier posts, I know for certain that God was carrying me through this "valley of the shadow of death."  I have been guilty of pridefully thinking from time to time over the course of my life, that I can get through my trials with just me and God and nobody else.  And I have feared that others may think I have a puny faith if I ask for help. Here is a "Public Service Announcement" for me and for you.... God uses other people to help do His work here on Earth.  As His children, we are His hands and feet to minister to other people.  And I needed hands, feet, arms, legs, eyes, ears, and mouths to minister to me.  

I don't know where you are personally on your journey.  But, please listen.  Do not be too proud, scared, embarrassed to ask for help.  It is not a sign of weakness, it is a sign of strength!  God will put the right people in your path at the right time.  Just do your best to seek wise counsel. Always remember, there is

Sunshine After the Storm

Blessings

Betsy