As a mother, daughter, sister, and friend there are so many things I would do...if I could.
If I could...
I would find Elizabeth a friend, just like her. Someone who would listen to every word she had to say, and actually want to hear them. Then again, who am I kidding?
If I could...
I would heal her completely.
If I could...
I would pay off every school loan my children have, and keep Katie from incurring any so they don't have to struggle!
If I could...
I would give my mother's speech back.
If I could...
I would give my dad's strength back.
If I could...
I would battle a stupid brain tumor!
If I could...
I would make it so two of my sisters didn't have to work, one because of pain, the other because of stress.
If I could...
I would have my husband working 5 days a week, normal hours, with lots of vacations.
If I could...
I would see to it that Richard never got deployed.
If I could...
I would instantly make all the excess me disappear (that sounds nicer than fat, doesn't it?) so it didn't hinder me from living my life.
If I could...
I would take Elvira's cancer away.
If I could...
Nobody would take advantage of a trusting soul... And for those that it has happened to, I would restore their trust so they don't carry around the burden of what has happened to them in the past and judge every future event by it.
If I could...
But I can't...
I can't fix any of it. So... I try and lay all of those burdens at the feet of Jesus without carrying all of them with me when I leave. That's the trick you know? Leaving them there. We're blessed that He's a forgiving God, because we certainly get it all wrong at times. Why is it so hard to trust completely...to trust without letting the doubt creep in...
TRUST:
1.
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
2.
confident expectation of something; hope.
God certainly has all the credentials of someone you can trust...integrity, strength, ability, surety...
Psalm 27: 8 says: The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.
AMEN
Here they are...
At least the ones I've given birth to...I have 2 more that I love just as much! They are my daughters' husbands, but we can't seem to get everyone together in the same place!
About Me
- All My Children...Where Are They Anyway?
- Born and Raised in the Boondocks, Ohio, United States
- I am a christian. I am a wife of 25 years. I'm a proud mother of 5 wonderful children. In raising a large family, you sometimes lose sight of who you are. I love this quote from Fracesca in the movie Bridges of Madison County: "You don't understand, no-one does. When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother, a wife, and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected to move again only you don't remember what moves you because no-one has asked in so long. Not even yourself." If you ask me about myself, I would most likely begin telling you about my children. Lately I've realized that I need to do a few more things for myself. I need a little more "fun" in my life. I (and many others) have been asking myself what I like to do for "fun". The true answer is, "I don't know." I am on a journey to find out......so please come along...you'll probably die of boredom, but come along anyway!
4 comments:
preach it sister. :) That was a nice post. I have similar "if I coulds"
I really needed to be reminded of that this morning. It is frustrating when we can't seem to change things but we just have to keep reminding ourselves Who can and Who is in control.
Very true and compassionate statements. Thanks!
i actually had in mind what i was going to comment, and it was the exact "preach it sister" that ash wrote
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