


These are some of the people that are involved in "The Well". The picture that I am in, the red head, SPring has put her hard work, her heart, sweat and soul into this. I am so proud to call her my friend.
The lady holding the baby (her grandbaby) is my Mother Mentor, Kathy, I talk about and she has been such a blessing in my life! Can't say enough about her.
The guy in the middle of the group picture and the pretty lady in the red shirt with dark hair and glasses is my worship minister and his wife, Mark and Lisa. Lisa is Rylie's pre-school teacher as well. They are just wonderul people that I've been blessed with too.
I had one of my family members ask me, are you really okay? It being a very reasonable question-since two weekends ago I hit a hard depression for a couple of days. Then they read my blog and it sounds as if I have a perfect happy life.
I want any of you who read my blogs to know I AM HUMAN! I still have my battles and the devil works on me harder than ever. A lot of us that are leading this ministy have had some self doubt and feel like we are not adiquit to take on such a responsibilty. I mean we are messing with FRAGIL peoples lives here - we take this very seriously! But, after praying a lot about my "Breakdown" weekend Last Monday was my turn to give my testimony to the group on my past. After I did and I felt the love and understanding from the others and know they too still struggle, I KNEW this is going to be just as good for me as for others.
The main reason being - I have God to lean on now. As before I felt alone, scared, mad and hatetrid. Now when I go through my "Stuff" which I could be the Pope and still have "Stuff" its just so much better having God in my life and by my side. Thats all we want to do is share this with others. He CAN fix everything. But he won't! Thats just not how he works. He wants us to learn and grow.
Life will never be PERFECT for anyone. But, man God has made it so much easier.
The week I was refering to, I got to spend the weekend with my sister and neice. My Mentor Mother did every stitch of my laundry. My husband relaxed and lighten my load every way he could. My folks came to church to hear me sing. My kids gave me lovins and my life filled with joy once again. All I had to do was pray and spend some intimate time with God. Then I realised - God gives us these test so that we know that we have to get on our face before him. I did and probably wouldn't have in that way if my life was hunkie doory everyday.
1 comment:
Well said, Steph!
I still get depressed sometimes, too, but the difference is that now Jesus pulls me out, whereas before I really surrendered my life to him, I had to pull myself out. It's much easier this way!
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