HOPE
There is a saying, "A person can't live three weeks without food, three days without water, three minutes without air and three seconds without hope." If you have ever been in a hopeless situation you can relate, how about even a situation you are not sure how to fix?
I have been sick quite a bit lately and I found myself drawing into myself. I felt like I was neglecting my husband, but I did not know how to fix it. I was tired. I asked God to help me figure out a way to repair it so life could return to normal.
The thought came to me that Walter's top love language was physical touch. (NOTE: If you have no idea what a love language is, Gary Chapman wrote a book called The Five Love Languages, if you have not read it you should. It is very enlightening about the way people give love and receive love.)
This meant that he best receives love with hugs, kisses or even holding his hand. In my sickness I had withdrawn physically trying to protect him from becoming sick himself, and instead he got sick anyway and it had created a distance between us.
It felt overwhelming trying to get back our closeness, but it really wasn't. I saw an immediate change when I changed. I have noticed that it has not only brought us back to where we were but we have grown as well. This may seem small compared to what some of you are facing, but it holds some information that I would like to share.
There are many people in the world who believe that the distance between them and God is too great! I am here to say that it is not. All you need to do is make a change, take one step closer to God and the distance will melt away. I know this not only from what happened with my husband, but from what happened to me.
I had planned my life out in my early 20's and none of the things I planned for myself happened. I became angry with God and slowly distance grew more and more. It happened so slowly and quietly that I did not notice until I felt the great distance years after it started. This distance seemed too great and all it took was for me to take one step towards God and the distance disappeared.
It is never too late!
I have been sick quite a bit lately and I found myself drawing into myself. I felt like I was neglecting my husband, but I did not know how to fix it. I was tired. I asked God to help me figure out a way to repair it so life could return to normal.
The thought came to me that Walter's top love language was physical touch. (NOTE: If you have no idea what a love language is, Gary Chapman wrote a book called The Five Love Languages, if you have not read it you should. It is very enlightening about the way people give love and receive love.)
This meant that he best receives love with hugs, kisses or even holding his hand. In my sickness I had withdrawn physically trying to protect him from becoming sick himself, and instead he got sick anyway and it had created a distance between us.
It felt overwhelming trying to get back our closeness, but it really wasn't. I saw an immediate change when I changed. I have noticed that it has not only brought us back to where we were but we have grown as well. This may seem small compared to what some of you are facing, but it holds some information that I would like to share.
There are many people in the world who believe that the distance between them and God is too great! I am here to say that it is not. All you need to do is make a change, take one step closer to God and the distance will melt away. I know this not only from what happened with my husband, but from what happened to me.
I had planned my life out in my early 20's and none of the things I planned for myself happened. I became angry with God and slowly distance grew more and more. It happened so slowly and quietly that I did not notice until I felt the great distance years after it started. This distance seemed too great and all it took was for me to take one step towards God and the distance disappeared.
It is never too late!