Wisdom

As I look back on my life and all that has been thrown my way, one thing I am thankful for is wisdom.

This is not always as fun as it's cracked up to be.

Sometimes you have people twice your age needing advice. Sometimes you have to be wise enough to not say something sassy back at someone who is picking away at you. Sometimes you have to get yourself back in check because you know your about to lose it and frankly....you're just to wise. ;)

From the age of three I have endured some of life's hardest lessons but looking back on all of it I see how I can protect my own children through those lessons, or maybe I can give advice to someone hurting, or maybe I can empathize with someone who has been in a horrible accident, or someone who has a child at deaths door. I can give my friends advice on how to forgive and pray, or I can give my children an extra hug on the day I need one most.

Yes, wisdom is a blessing.

I can think ahead to how my life might be in a few years and see how I'll be able to bestow even more wisdom with my children. I often think of my Brooklyn and Benjamin. Essentially abandoned by their birth parents and how they may think no one knows how they feel. But you see I have a mom who chooses not to engage with me, I have felt that betrayal, I have felt that hurt to my core, the feeling you did something to not earn your own mothers love....but now I see, that was part of my story to gain wisdom for these two children that will need it and potentially thrive on it. And be able to pass it along to their children...my grandchildren.

I could however, choose to do the opposite. Always wanting, and never giving because I feel I was dooped, or I got the short end of the stick. Please don't live that way. There is so much more JOY and FULFILLMENT if you just choose to do what we are supposed to do, and that is be a blessing to others.

Mistakes happen, always be quick to forgive yourself and others. Make wise choices in the words you say and the actions you show others.

If you have had your share of bumps in the road, consider those bumps part of your story that you can now share as wisdom to others. It really is a beautiful thing the way the Lord weaves your life together for good. It is a promise of His. There have been times where I truthfully have doubted that promise. But time heals and your story unfolds in just the right way if you let it. Be strong today.

Be a blessing.