A helping hand

 

On August 10, 2017 I was thinking I find that in life when we are little, we are completely dependent on someone else.  If we are a baby, we need to have food fed to us.  If we are a young child, we have to hold hands with an adult as we cross the street.  If we are a pre-teen and we are in different activities, we must be driven around in a car by our parents.

As we become teenagers and adults, things start to change to where we don’t need others as much.  I do think it is important to go through a phase in our lives where we become completely dependent on ourselves, but staying in that stage isn’t healthy.

I found that I grew up earlier than I had hoped for.  I was an adult at sixteen years old, and at first, I loved it as I didn’t have to be under the authority of anyone but myself.  Even though I could do whatever I wanted to, I was never the type to get out of control and go past my own boundaries.

I could have easily gone out partying, smoking, drinking, or doing other drugs in my last year of high school, but I chose not to, as they had no appeal to me.  I was always the responsible type, as to why becoming an adult early came easy to me.

The only problem was after high school when a lot of my issues continued to show up I felt I didn’t need anyone else’s help.  I knew deep down I was struggling a lot in life, but I felt I’d be able to figure things out before things got really bad.  I ended up being wrong on that part.

It wasn’t until my mid 20s that I really started to accept help from my friends, family, my former counselor, and God.  It took me ten years to finally realize that I couldn’t do everything on my own.  I get that letting someone else help you can feel like letting yourself down, but in reality, it is making you stronger, as the next time you could be the one helping someone else out.

Once a year when I was volunteering, a group of us would put together a mailer that had to be sent out.  If there had only been one of us, then it would have taken days to put together.  Thankfully there was usually between five to eight of us, so it ended up only taking us about half a day to do.

When you let God and others in, it will make you stronger, so that you can later be a helping hand to someone in need.

Patricia <3  :) 

Psalm 70:5     But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God!  You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!

 

Here’s an oldie but a goodie song about that you journey through the long dark night on the open sea by faith alone, and yet Our Lord’s eyes are watching us, and the anchor holds, even with the ship is battered, even when the sail is torn, and the anchor holds in spite of the storm.

  We’ve fallen on our knees, as we faced the ragging seas, but the anchor holds and through the storm of life that God proved his love for us.

 

“The Anchor Holds”  by Ray Boltz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps2L5-m8frE&list=PL3whQX319DaB37iB8NZpJe206iSdpe3kc&index=196