In all this STRESS, in all this pain, in all this anger, in all this WORK - one can easily forget one thing: POTENTIAL.
Once Hubby and I really, and I mean, REALLY work hard on our rebuilding and healing, we have the POTENTIAL to be stronger than ever, and create a foundation and habit of continued strength. What hope, what a goal.
Potential. What a redeeming idea in tough times.
I just need to remember it, and cling to it. It was my commission, was it not? All our ours.
How do you live up to your potential in tough or lean times?
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I have spent the morning catching up on your blog and your beautiful family. I am so sorry to read of the trials and sufferings that you have borne since my last visits here...prayers for your husband's recovery...my own hubby had surgery for a terrible hernia that had RE-burst and tore his lining, as well...there's a screen in there now...but he has never fully recovered and has continual discomfort...
ReplyDeleteI am so sad to read that you are losing your home to foreclosure. Truly, the strain of these economic times upon growing families has grown so heavy. I ask God's blessing upon you all as you strive to forge ahead and recover; both financially and emotionally from the stress and struggles you are now facing.
I think that "tough times" often bring about an isolation, a loneliness, and an emptiness, that, if endured and accepted and offered...can hold a potential beyond words...for in that darkness and in that emptiness...there lies the potential to be fully, completely, and beautifully filled to overflowing with the Abiding Trinity...one who has waded through the troubled waters as you are now doing...has the potential to know, love, and serve God in such a way that many have not experienced.
The potential is, not only, that you can survive...but that you can believe more, hope more, trust more, and,ultimately...love more.
My thoughts and prayers are with you sweet ViolinMama.
Judy....thank you so much!!! Much love.
ReplyDeleteI am with you, friend. This situation is hard, and there is some definite fall out to be dealt with, but there is so much potential here for redemption, for learning from mistakes, for setting new patterns of relating and living, for experiencing even deeper levels of hope and happiness. I believe God can use the pain in our lives to sanctify us and set us on the paths He desires for us. Isn't it hopeful that He doesn't leave us as we are, but works to make us more like Him? Not always fun, but, as I think you've expressed here, hopeful. Thank you for sharing your heart, and know I am praying for you, your marriage, and your family. Pray for me, too, that I will trust Him in the areas where He is calling me to become more like Him.
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