Last November I was driving to church and happened to listen to a radio program where a lady in her mid thirty's was being interviewed. She was single and the talk show was about single women. She talked about how she would often feel down but then told God, that she was going to make an effort to stay happy 340 days of the year. 15 days was her allowed lot to feel sad or sorry for herself, and these could be special days when she missed having a family more than on other days. She stays positive that God will bring someone into her life if it was meant to be but while she waits she decided to quit wailing.
She struck a cord in me. I was single then and made the decision myself that I was blessed in so many other ways and should refuse to allow myself to be unhappy about not having a family. Well, lately I have realized that single or married life has different challenges to throw at us constantly - A fiance waiting to be with the one she loves, a wife hoping to be a mother, a widow living in the shadow of the past, a mother lost in the memory of a child... the list is endless. And besides these there are everyday challenges that threaten out happiness even in what seems to be a perfect life.
Today, I decided that I was going to challenge myself and my husband to an oath of happiness in the Lord whatever comes our way 340 days of the year.
Dear Mister God, this is @ina... Give us wings of peace that rise above situations, a crown of happiness that renews our mind in you and a cloak of submission that strengthens our inner man.
She struck a cord in me. I was single then and made the decision myself that I was blessed in so many other ways and should refuse to allow myself to be unhappy about not having a family. Well, lately I have realized that single or married life has different challenges to throw at us constantly - A fiance waiting to be with the one she loves, a wife hoping to be a mother, a widow living in the shadow of the past, a mother lost in the memory of a child... the list is endless. And besides these there are everyday challenges that threaten out happiness even in what seems to be a perfect life.
Today, I decided that I was going to challenge myself and my husband to an oath of happiness in the Lord whatever comes our way 340 days of the year.
Dear Mister God, this is @ina... Give us wings of peace that rise above situations, a crown of happiness that renews our mind in you and a cloak of submission that strengthens our inner man.
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