I sure hope everyone had a beautiful weekend, preferably getting some much needed rest, and spending quality time with loved ones.

My husband started back to college last week, so we spent the weekend relaxing amidst his studying and trying to adjust to the new daily schedule. His hope is to finally complete a degree that has been a goal of his for some time. My hope is to see him get up, dust himself off, and rise above all the curve balls that life’s been throwing him. Thanks be, to our Veterans Programs, he has been given such an amazing opportunity for success!

While I could list a myriad of unfortunate things that have gone wrong, are still going on, and/or may occur in the future… I would rather share all the good that I am seeing. I am so eternally grateful for the VA and all they have and are currently doing to help us. To see my husband finally get the care and support that he so desperately needed, has been such a blessing to witness. Though we are nowhere near out of the woods yet, I have seen God work through others in so many wonderful ways, I’ve never felt more carried within the palm of His hands!

Circumstances occur, no matter who you are, often leaving a mess behind that can often feel too hopeless for one to bear… let alone, try to clean up and make right!

All it takes is someone lending a helping hand, heart, or prayer, to facilitate recovery of something lost. There have been so many unwitting ambassadors for God’s purposes, I’m not fully able to thank each and every one of them, but that won’t stop me from asking God to bless their socks off!

So much of how we see and cope with a circumstance, is based on our perspective… our attitude about a thing, or an emotional state brought about during the experiencing of said circumstance. As I have been learning, keeping a Godly perspective, as a whole, helps immeasurably! Believing in Him and trusting in His plan for my life has forever changed my perspective, and for the better! Choosing to look for the good in others, instead of expecting the worse, has radically altered my mental and emotional perspective.

If I can give any words of encouragement for the week ahead, it will be to remind folks to focus on how important all the little things you do for others can be, and remember that it will return to you 100 fold. Love, and generosity of heart, are only valuable when you give them away. Something as small as holding a door for another, or saying thank you to the checker at the grocery store holds great value! How do you know if that person has been struggling with a circumstance, so close to just giving up? Your kind words can have an incredible effect of comfort and reassurance that you never even realized. Pay that love forward folks, because it will most likely pay you right back in ways you never dreamed!

Have a blessed week… hugs