We started this chaotic journey last October, but at least we still had a home... Now we are just in limbo and I would like to be done with this transition already. Someone at a church we were visiting said, "They will get better, they are just in transition right now." She said this after the tiring service I had just been through with the boys. I wanted to say, "Yeah it's been rough on all three of us these last 8 months of transition. I'm not quite sure how I made it through the service myself."
I didn't take her comment as rude, just someone trying to give me some kind of hope I guess. But it did make me think about people who don't have a 'normal' life ever. People who are transitioning throughout their entire lives. How can they hold it together? My insides feel like complete chaos and it's wearing me down quickly. How can these people make it through life feeling this way?
It really makes me want to reach out to those who are homeless, who need something in their life that is normal. Maybe it's a sandwich for lunch during the week or maybe it could be story time at a homeless shelter for the kids. Something they can depend on; something that isn't chaotic. Maybe I can begin with something small, saying a prayer each night for the parents that are raising kids in transition. Raising kids is hard, let alone when you don't have a place to call home for them.
I will definitely be adding these parents
to my prayer list and the children as well. That their insides won't feel so chaotic
and that they can, one day, have a place of consistency in their lives.
Thank you God that I will one day have a 'normal' home again. Hopefully it will be before I get to Heaven, but I know for some people that might be their only chance. Thank you for assuring us of a peaceful home with You in Heaven.
♥ Ashley
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