Dec 08 2008
Sunshine and Rainbows.
Today, I finished making chocolate-covered cherries. It brought back fond memories and then . . .I ran out of chocolate. But isn’t that how life goes? You are doing great until you run out of gas, patience, milk, life. Some things you can just run out to the store and buy, but when it’s life, well, it’s not that simple. Sometimes doctors can repair you, but only God can give and sustain life.
I have heard that what we say will come to pass. I’m beginning to think that maybe it’s true. I never really spoke encouraging words about me when I was younger. I honestly think I am living those words right now. The future looks bleak and dismal especially with Christmas coming and I am wondering whether my kids will have a good one or not. I could go around saying that I don’t know how I’m going to survive. I have so many bills coming in and no money to cover them. I don’t have a job, because staying at home and taking care of my kids is important to me. I know I spoke those words. I home school them also, and those were other words I spoke before I was out of high school. I also helped take care of my parents so in looking back, I didn’t have many worries, until now.
What would have happened if I had declared God’s blessings instead? Would better things be happening to us now? Would I be in a better position in life? I won’t ever know the answer to that one, but I have decided to declare that God has a reason for this season and it will soon pass. My season is winter, even the calendar tells me this, but we all know what season comes next. Spring. A time to herald in new beginnings, a fresh start. Trees may drop all their leaves, but they don’t give up and die. They don’t say I am ugly without my leaves. No one will like me while I look like this. They slow down, but they stay determined to see the coming season. We can learn a lot from nature. Storms come and go and bend these mighty giants to the ground, but they hang on and come through. They wait for the sunshine and rainbows.
