Hoping All Things

1Corinthians 13:7 (Love) “…hopes all things…”

Thank you for your comments and loving words when I ‘tapped out’ yesterday. It helped me a lot. I cannot change the other person who was burning a hole in my mind. I realize now that I can only go forward with my own life. I am hoping they will change, but I choose to stay away until they realize they cannot continue to hurt others with no expectation of accountability. I know I must take care of my health right now and that doesn’t include allowing the stresses of that person into my life.

Today my focus is on my sons. Both took a tough path in life that got them into a bit of trouble. However, as a loving mother’s heart should do, I never lost hope for their return to a life full of good choices and following God. There were some rough years where I was very depressed, watching them make some extremely poor choices. However I clung to the message I felt the Lord give me, years ago, when I heard the still small voice in my chest tell me my sons would be healed.

As the years have unfolded, I believed and hoped in their healings, no matter how difficult their lives became. I have seen my two wonderful sons turn both their lives around. Just like watching a toddler learn to walk, so it is with observing adult children repair their lives. Baby steps at first, falling, and getting back up, then soon I was able to see them walking and toddling. Yes they both have slipped and yes they both have gotten back up again to now run on their own. I’m so very proud of them and blessed to have listened to the Lord’s voice and continued hoping when it didn’t look very promising for either of their futures.

Nobody knows the healing a mother’s love and hope can have for her adult children. I feel God’s love is just as healing to us.

Heavenly Father, please help me plug into Your healing hope
- In ALL matters of life.