This is the second Mother’s Day without the man who made me a mother. it is also Neal’s birthday this year on Mother’s Day. i look back to the years we had together and feel so blessed for the time we had. I look to my children and the future and also feel so blessed. I have four grandchildren and one more on the way (Whitney and Ty in November). I have the freedom to go help in Whitney’s classroom, babysit my grandchildren, go out last minute with my friends or volunteer at Hospice. My journey is all about how does my life fit into God’s plans not how does God fit into my plans?
I recently did a bible study by Jennifer Rothschild called “Missing Pieces: How to Have Peace When Life Doesn’t Make Sense.” (I highly recommend it). One comment she made that really hit me: “By loving Jesus in our pain, we allow him into our pain. It opens up doors to the blessings God wants to pour into our lives. We will come to a place of increasing gratefulness for the journey of our lives, both the joyful times and the sad times….My struggles, my failures, my grief, my joy are molding my soul into something beautiful. Eternal. Good…I can fight it or yield to it.”
I would not have chosen this journey but I am grateful for what I have learned about God and myself. I choose to yield to God’s plans. How about you?
On the journey,
Trish
