My husband and I had been out of town for four days visiting family and friends. There were times that I felt like I was on a roller coaster. Some of the hills were so steep that I felt like I would never reach the top in my emotions. I listened and saw the heartache and the good times in my family and friends. In the midst of this two of our grandchildren had birthday parties that were lots of fun yet involved some not so comfortable moments. Sometimes we feel there are just bends around the corners and other time we feel that it’s just too hard and too complicated in our lives. As I listened to their emotional, physical and mental pain, I realized that those mountain tops are sometimes far and few in between the valleys of our life. One of my friends was in her last stages of cancer and Fred and I said our goodbyes to her. Actually, I saw more peace in her than some other people in this world that don’t have any illness. She was ready to meet her God even though she was 68 years old. She died two weeks later and today is her memorial service. I began to think about how our lives are so busy that we aren’t taking time for each other. Sometimes we feel and think good things about others but don’t say them. I had twenty minutes to tell her what she meant in my life. We don’t know how many minutes, days, weeks, months or years we have with each other. Let’s stop saying words of judgement, criticism and discouragement to each other and love one another just as we are! After, all God gives us His grace daily!
Proverbs 18:4 says, “The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.
Let’s give those disappointments to the Lord and ask Him for His words of wisdom to others that will flow like a brook of fresh, clean water! God loves you and so do we!
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