Sunday, January 13, 2008
Share a blessing
Everyday we are faced with some sort of adversity but the cool thing is we receive blessings that turn the adversity around. Share your blessing with others to help inspire them and keep them looking into the good of every situation. We all learn from each other and at times need to hear somthing that will uplift us. I know I can get depressed and feel that I am the only one going through turmoil but as it turns out you are never the only one. So share your blessings so that some else can be blessed. If you feel the need to share a scripture, a testimony or just a life experience then do so. Although you may cry while typing it may help someone else who is going through it. May peace be unto you and share your blessing.
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I am feeling this, no matter what is going on there is always opportunity. There is a blessing in a storm.
ReplyDeleteI recently had to leave my job. I was counting on unemployment, food stamps or a grant to help me get through until i found another job. Well, i was denied unemployment, food stamps and i didn't get the grant i expected. I kept my head up and said "I will make it". Next thing i know, I'm getting "donations" left and right! Free clothes and food options, plus some resources to help pay bills and the rent! I MADE IT! I have a job coming in the next few weeks! Only by God's grace.
ReplyDeleteI am touched by the comment left about the person who had to leave their job. The most compelling statement is "Only by God's grace". Many don't fully understand that statement for it is powerful. God's Grace is powerful and to fully understand that is powerful. Anonymous stand firm in faith and you will be blessed beyond measure.
ReplyDeleteFour years ago I was diagnosed with a rare condition called Arnold Chiari Malformation with Syringomyelia. At the age of 41 the effects of the condition had hit it's peak. About a month or so later I had brain surgery to relieve the Syringomyelia part. Less than a month earlier I had finished my completing my A.A. and was due to transfer to Cal. State University, Eastbay in the upcoming Fall. So you realize that all this took place right in the middle of my pursuit of my bachelors degree?
ReplyDeleteMy life changed, for what felt like the worse. My cognitive abilities were impaired, I was still dealing with the chronic pain, despite the doctors promise that the surgery would help that and I was not able to work, so my job released me. I had been feeling like I had to wait to see something tangible or concrete in order to even think there was a blessing somewhere in all of this. Sadness began to take over my world. But about three years after my brain surgery and four years after the initial diagnosis of my incurable condition I realized that these events were the blessings.
Now four years after the surgery, I have completed my degree in Human Development and just three classes short of completing my degree in Ethnic Studies. I'm planning on going to graduate school next Fall. This journey has not been easy nor pretty, especially due to the cognitive challenges, but by the grace of God I have accomplished them. Not working has been a financial challenge, but God gave me this opportunity to focus on completing school, so that I can be in the position to have my own therapeutic practice working with children. Although I had to learn what my new learning style was and come to terms with those new learning styles, I have been given an opportunity to perhaps become a better person. You see, before all this happened I didn't know me and therefore had not a clue as to what God has in store for me.
In my pursuit to help heal myself (along with God's help)I have learned somethings about myself, things I never had the opportunity to know, things that will help me to better help those less fortunate. There were so many times that I just felt like giving up, but HE wouldn't let me.
I am not a religious person at all, but I am a spiritual person. I believe there is a higher power, something greater than us all. HE made me stop, listen and pay attention to the power within, the power that we all are given.