Inspiration for today...

Cow-girl

Good morning ladies..  I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend.  I will not be here to post tomorrow morning.  I will "see" you again on Monday!

Verse..  "This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that what we have what we asked of him."  I John 5:14-15

Thought for today...  We are strengthened and encouraged each day by spending time alone with God.  A daily "quiet time" spent in God's word and prayer provides direction for our lives.  (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)

Song/video...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUYAWq2gJ5o

Poem.... 

Just For Today
Just for today, I will try to live through the next 24 hours...not expecting to get over my child's death, but learning to live with it...one day at a time

Just for today, I'll remember my child's life, not his death, and bask in the comfort of the treasured days and moments we shared.

Just for today, I will forgive all the family and friends who didn't help or comfort me the way I needed them to. They truly did not know how.

Just for today, I will reach out to comfort a relative or friend of my child. For they are hurting too, and perhaps we can help each other.

Just for today, I will free myself from my self-inflicted burden of guilt. For deep in my heart, I know if there was anything in this world I could have done to save my child from death, I would have done it.

Just for today, I will honor my child's memory by doing something with another child, be it my own, or someone else's, because I know that would make my child proud.

Just for today, I will offer my hand in friendship to other bereaved parents, fo I DO know how they feel.

Just for today, I will smile...no matter how much I hurt on the inside...for maybe if I smile a little, my heart will soften and I will begin to heal.

Just for today, I will allow myself to be happy and enjoy myself, for I know I am not deserting my child by moving on.

Just for today, I will accept that I did NOT die when my child did. My life did go on and I am the ONLY one who can make that life worthwhile again.

~by V.Tushingham, taken from the Bereaved Parents of the USA Tampa Bay Newsletter, Sept 2001

Kel&Jay

Thanks Cowgirl.  Your thought for today reminds me of a sign hanging on the wall in a friend's house.  It says "Remember to make time for quiet moments as the Lord whispers and the world is loud" 

BecomingaSmith

Kel&Jay:

"Remember to make time for quiet moments as the Lord whispers and the world is loud" 

I like it!