Saturday, August 25, 2012

PICKING UP THE PIECES OF YOUR HOPE

Today I am thinking about you. Parenting without support can be overwhelming, and staying positive is even harder as a single mom. Bills to pay, deadlines to meet, responsibilities mount up on us daily. And all we can say is, "when do I get a break?!"

God knows we struggle to keep trusting, or hoping, when life kicks us down to stay there. Maybe you are experiencing brokenness that left you at the end of the end of the end of yourself. You have been tempted to shut down to protect yourself from more blows that bring despair and shame. When the hope you once had gradually has been beaten to shattered pieces, sometimes it seems more worthwhile to kick it out of sight.

Thankfully, you are never out of God's sight. His twenty-twenty vision of your life doesn't miss a single thing. Even if you have abandoned your last bits of hope, He is already picking up the pieces and rebuilding them, just as He did for me.

When circumstances threaten to destroy your hope, the one thing that can save it is to keep it based on God. Looking around at shattered circumstances only weakens you further. But focusing on Him, looking for his face, will give you the strength for one more step.

Stay positive, because you are much more than you think. You are a beautiful woman, who is strong, valuable, and worth it! No matter what the world says of you, God says, you are worth sending His only Son to die for you, because He loves you.

I am praying for you today, who ever you are single mom, beautiful in God's eyes. I am praying for you. You can also talk to God today, He is ready to listen and to show you the way.

Don't have the words to pray today? Here is a prayer you can say:

"God, I feel too worn out to risk hoping again. All I can do is fall down at your feet and ask for refreshment to endure today. Please grant me strength to trust your faithfulness at this moment."


1 comment:

  1. Awesome feelings truth in heart!

    Thank you hoping for hope that helps keep going!

    :)

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