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| A new pair of shoes |
A
little boy about 10 years old was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted,
peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy
and said, “My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?” “I
was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,” was the boy’s reply.
The
lady took him by the hand and went into the store and asked the clerk to get
half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a
basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little
fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down,
washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel.
By this
time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet,
she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and
gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, “No doubt, my little
fellow, you feel more comfortable now?”
As she
turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her
face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words: “Are you
God’s wife?” (Author unknown. A story as told in mirthandmotivation.com).
Turning
Corners
So many
times, we tend to ignore what is right before us. Especially now when we have
just gone through a devastating period in our lives, our problems seem
insurmountable and we see nothing else in our path. Each day is difficult. Each
hour is excruciating. Each minute is painful.
These
types of feelings are natural and expected especially when our circumstances
are brand new to us and it hasn’t been very long at all since we became single-again
women (divorced, widowed, single mom). At this point, don’t let anyone tell you
not to feel the sorrow and distress. There is a certain time period where we
all go through the stages of grief.
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| Spread your wings and fly! |
Eventually
at some point, we will turn a corner and begin to feel better with each passing
day as we put one foot in front of the other. This is when our eyes open a
little wider and we can lift our heads. We might even surprise ourselves simply
by smiling—at ourselves and others too.
Now is
the opportunity to figure out what to do with our lives. How to live
differently because, obviously, we are different. Unfortunately, many women try
and continue to make everything remain exactly as it was; this is usually
a very bad idea that holds us back from growing and spreading our wings!
Hanging
Out with Friends
“Life
is 10% what happens and 90% of how you react to it.” (Charles Swindoll,
pastor, and author).
Just like
the “wise” woman in the (likely fictional) story above, we might try and not
dwell on ourselves so much that we forget what is happening in the lives of
other people. Of course, the story does not indicate if the woman was single or
not, but it seems to us that she was at the very least, generous, kind, and
unselfish.
One of
the changes we may have already experienced as a single-again woman is that our
circle of “friends” seems to have evolved into several new relationships. We
find ourselves gravitating towards other women going through the same scenario.
That’s a great sign!
Why?
Because we are learning how to spread our wings and have become interested in
finding out how others have successfully changed their lives for the better. We
are “hanging out” with those who can provide insight, intuition, and intelligence
about something we know little about.
Arms
Wide Open
The
greatest insight we can possess is to recognize that we have a Heavenly Father who
loves us above and beyond what we can imagine. He is unlike any earthly father
we have ever known.
He cares
deeply what we have experienced and what happened to us before and after the
change in our marital status. He is waiting for us each to turn to Him with all
our sorrows, grief, heartache, and pain. His arms are wide open! Run to Him
now!
“Become
wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to
pieces” (Prov 13:20 MSG).
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