Allow What You've Endured and Overcome In Life To Become Your Message of Hope!!!!!
Life is full of ups and downs and as humans we all can attest to this fact. When we are going through our lows in life, we may not understand why; however, if we endure the hardships that life may bring, in the end we will be able to speak into other's lives tremendous hope. I have never enjoyed going through the downward times in my life, but at my age now I am glad that I endured, because I can speak from a place in life that will inspire others to strive for greatness. I have chosen to allow my many struggles to become my message of hope to encourage others through their struggles. I know how it feels to be devastated by circumstances, because I have had many trials and tribulations during my early years of life.
The first heartbreak I experienced in my life was the day that my dad's mother passed away. She was the best grandma and I loved her very dearly and I could just feel her love for me was mutual. I was always very happy when we would visit her at my aunt's home in Mobile, Alabama. She always made me feel so special! I truly suffered a major heartbreak the day she died and that was the day that I knew as a young girl that death is so final. She died during the fall of 1972, shortly after I had begun first grade. I truly missed her, but I learned to lavish the love which I had for her upon my Aunt Vergie. After my grandma's death, I learned at a early age that once a dear loved one passes away, we have a greater opportunity to love the people who are left behind. This is exactly what I did, as I continued my visits with my parents to see my aunt and her family. I poured even more of my love upon my Dear Aunt Vergie and I was able to be healed from the loss of my grandma and journey onwards in life.
After the death of my Dear Grandma, Adell, I had no clue that I would have to face even a greater loss in my life. Six years after her death, on March 17, 1978, my Dear Mother, Eliza Davis passed away on the last Friday of my spring break that year. This was a very devastating loss, because I was only 12 years old. I will never forget how cold it was that sad and dreadful morning. The frost was as heavy as a light snow and I felt that I would never get warm again in my lifetime. I experienced a sense of coldness on the inside and out that morning and nothing and no one could do consoled my broken heart at that moment. I had my dad and my older siblings present with me that morning, but my whole world was abruptly torn apart, because my mother was no more, in the earth. I wondered how I was going to make it through life without her, even though I had many others to care for me, my need for my mother was still great!
Now, I truly feel that the loss I suffered that dreadful day, has worked for my greater good. Even though I could not imagine it would at the time it occurred. I loved my dad and my siblings, but the love I had for my mother could never be replaced. Why? Because, your mother is the one who loved you enough to share her entire body, soul and spirit with you in order to give you your life and I personally believes no one other than God can love you like your mother in this life. I always tell my children this, because for nine months your mother (if you were blessed and fortunate to have a good one) had to make many decisions with your best interest at heart. I was blessed with two good parents and as you can imagine, it rocked my world to experience my mother's departure from my life at such a crucial age. After her death, I had to learn again, how to lavish my love upon my dad and my siblings. I was able to continue my journey in life, because I had them to rely on as much as possible. Even though I miss my mother to this day, so dearly, I am able to press onward, because I focus my thoughts on how she would want me to overcome for the rest of my life in a Godly and prosperous way. I must say that my life has progressed over all these years quite well, even though I still miss her so much! I have endured the 34 years, since she departed this life only through my faith in God, through the love of my wonderful husband, our four beautiful children. Also, I must say I have overcome, along with the rest of my family the tremendous lost we all, experienced that cold, sorrowful morning back in 1978 and I can now encourage so many people through what I have endured thus far in my life. I have chosen through the grace of God; not to breakdown, but allow Him to strengthen me to breakthrough into a greater life of peace and joy. I am no more special than all of you out there, who will read this inspirational entry, so just know that circumstances in life can strike very hard, but through faith in Jesus Christ and the Word of God, we have all the empowerment in life to strike back and win and proclaim our victory to others, whom we are destined to cross paths with in life!!! After losing my grandmother and my mother at such a young age, it somehow forced me to grow up pretty quickly. I can't say it was easy, but I am glad that I was able to endure and journey onward inspite of the heartbreak of it all. I may never understand why I had to experience such hurtful and painful lost at such a young age, but I know that it all has made me to be the strong woman I am now at 46 years of age. I am allowing what I have endured and overcame become a message of hope to encourage many in my life's journey ahead.
Lastly, with God's help, I was able to become strong, stable and confident in life as I finished school after my mother's death. Also, with the help and encouragement from my loved ones, I graduated from high school on May,1984, even though there were days when I wanted and needed the love and tender care of my mother; however, I endured the sense of deep void with the help of my dedicated teacher and I passed each year in school until I graduated. Through all of my struggles, Jesus came to be my greatest ally, during the entire process. His love for me empowered me to endure this tremendous loss in my life and I gained so much hope through it all. Despite the days I felt so discouraged, I kept my hope fixed on Christ and His promises and each time, I would find the strength to keep striving. I am grateful to God for strengthening me through what should have destroyed me, because one year after my wedding and the birth of my first child, my dad passed away all of a sudden. Yet again, I found myself back at square one, saddened and crushed emotionally all over again; however, I had Christ's love and support and also the love and strength of my husband and my new baby to give me a sense of hope each day afterward. My dad was laid to rest on my 23rd birthday that year. He passed away 11 years after my mom, and I must say that I had healed more than I imagined, and I had a lot to look forward to at the time of his death. He is missed so much, but I am grateful that God allowed him to stay with me to see and share my important milestones in my life, such as the birth of my first child, my graduation and giving me away at my wedding. God is all knowing; therefore, he knew that I needed the extended time with him and I will be forever grateful to Him for this special favor. Even though I was saddened by his departure, I was able to endure and overcome his death somewhat easier. I guess I had learned a lot through the years after the loss of my grandma and my mother. What I have shared is proof that if anyone will allow Christ the chance to channel His love through them and upon them, they too can endure and overcome any setbacks and disappointments in their lives. Nothing that I have endured has been a cake walk in my life, but what was meant to break me actually produced a profound strength in me and now I am stronger through what I have endured. I have gained a deep sense of hope in my life through all I have endured as well. Hope to me is trusting God's love and sovereignty inspite of what we are going through in our lives. It is hard to doubt, when you have been graced by God with hope. I pray that all who read this blog will allow God to grace you with profound hope and strength to endure and overcome no matter how hard life presses you from time to time. I hope I have shared something that will encourage you in your life today and throughout the new year as well and also during the days and years to come. Whatever you don't allow to destroy you in life, will make you stronger to help and encourage others to hold onto their faith in God. Remember This: "Hope is still hope even if it's thin as a string of thread." Therefore, hold on inspite of the pressure you are enduring for a moment in time, because God will come to you because He loves you and He died so that you could be an overcomer after you have suffered a while. He proved His love for all of us through, John 3:16, "For He so loved this world, that He gave His one and only son and whoever believes on Him will not perish, but have everlasting life". Trust totally in Him when life has given you what seems to be a fatal blow and you to will endure to become an overcomer to encourage others through your great message of hope. Jesus endured and overcame on the cross at Calvary everything that we can possibly experience in our lives; therefore, through grace we can endure all of our hardships in this life and overcome them to encourage others. 'What we go through in life is meant to strengthen us so that we can help others, whom we will meet in our circle of life."Meditate On This"
"QUEENY"
Romans 5:3-5- We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. vs.4) And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. vs.5) And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.
I Peter 1:7-6- So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you have to endure many trials for a little while. vs.7) These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold-through your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world.
II Corinthians 6:4- In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.
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