ENCOURAGE - EQUIP - EMPOWER
IT STARTS HERE.
I have a sweet memory of one of my toddlers waddling over to me, putting their hands up and saying, “Hold you.” This melted my heart as I willingly bent over to pick him up. If my 3-year-old granddaughter is trying to pick up a suitcase that weighs more than she does and she turns to me and says, “Help me,” it puts a smile on my face. She doesn’t really want my help, she needs me to do it. It is beyond her capabilities.
Making the ascent to the top of Panoramic Point in Kings Canyon National Park is a beautiful experience. The San Joaquin Valley and its acres and acres of almond, citrus and olive groves gradually give way to the rolling, golden foothills of the Sierra Nevada Range; it is an elevating experience in contrasting vegetation.
Jehovah Jireh—the God who provides, You know. Maybe she can keep it a secret from some. From her parents, her friends, her children, her pastor. Her husband, even. Maybe she can bury the credit cards in the bottom of her wallet. Stash her passwords in a place no one looks. Keep the lights on and the water running and the table set.
I went out to my car to drive to preschool drop off and then work. I entered the car, pressed the start button, and hear, “chu chu chu.” That’s strange. I tried again. “Chu chu chu.” Seriously?! I have places to be! Come on God, help me out here! Never mind, I’ll figure this out on my own. Maybe I need a jump?
Out my kitchen window lies a beautiful meadow and a pond. It is quite peaceful to look upon, but it is rarely quiet. Geese fly in and out, honking loudly. Predator birds are mobbed by screeching smaller birds. As I write, a rooster crows far in the distance. Mourning doves coo softly and songbirds trill, whistle and cheep.
It’s June and the beginning of summer is right around the corner. We see early spring wildflowers stop blooming, trees expanding, and the focus is slowly turning to summer vegetation. I don’t have a lot of experience gardening, but I am very interested and have even taken a class here and there to have somewhere to start when I have my own home. Something I learned recently …
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I may be a person who struggles with mental illness. You may be, too; or you may be a person who loves someone who struggles in this way… If I’m not careful, I can start to live as though ADHD, depression, anxiety, etc. are not just the result of living with a brain that feels the effects of a fallen world, but an unshakeable part of who I am. Haga clic abajo para leer en Español.
