Reach...

Furiously tapping my keyboard, emotions flow.  I implore all you who are hurting to reach up with your hands and stretch stretch them out!  Your life depends on it.  Reach!  God will pull you up.

There is always hope.

ALWAYS.

You who have left your spouse, because you thought the grass was greener. 

You who have given up on a dead marriage and want to leave.

You, who are about to sign the divorce papers..... DON'T GIVE UP!

You, who are looking too far ahead of your goal and feel the overwhelmed, doubt, fear, and guilt of never attaining it before, so why would this time be any different?  

YOU.... DON'T give up!

You, who grieve over the physical loss in your life of a child gone....... REACH UP!

You, who are staring down the bottle of pills right now wondering if taking them is the answer.  IT IS NOT!

You, filled with shame and guilt of your past..... let go.  THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE.

Friend, what is it you are facing today?  Take courage, I promise you that when you surrender your heart and will, and do the "hard thing" instead of the easy..... your reward will be great!

Proverbs 4 says this...."Let your eyes look directly ahead.  Let your gaze be fixed strait in front of you. Watch the path (path of your feet) and all your ways will be established.  Do NOT turn to the right or the left."  What I find fascinating  is the "path of your feet" part.  Don't look behind you anymore.  Stop it!  Wife, stop blaming your husband for your hurts.  That is your past and it is filled with guilt and shame.  Don't look to the sides... It is full of you comparing yourself to others.  You are you and wonderfully made.  Don't look too far ahead either, it will overwhelm you on your journey to wholeness and healing.  Press on.  Look right in front of you at the path of your feet... You can get through this, one stride at a time.

Friend, don't take the easy road.  Take the hard road.  Your life, your family, your dead marriage is worth it.  When you think the hope is gone, trust me when I tell you that there is still hope!  If you have taken the easy road, there is no shame, and no condemnation; just reach up..... ask for help.  Hope is always abundant.  The reward is great my friend.

There is redemption in all things!

I'm keeping it simple today.  You, who feel hopeless, listen to this song  You are redeemed.  Your life is ALREADY redeemed.  REACH UP AND TAKE AHOLD OF IT.  I pray blessings and reward abundant on each person who reads this today!