--Letting Go / Trusting God ~~

---"And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me."
---[Psalm 50:15 / KJV]

--Years ago, right out of college, I met a woman who told me she had lost everything in a house fire. Not one belonging was spared. Thankfully, she lived alone, didn't have pets, and wasn't home at the time. She learned in and confided, "I was devastated, but now I can honestly say it was the best thing that ever happened to me."
At the time, I was struggling to find a job, and this woman, a friend of a stranger, had given me the wisdom of her experience.

Fast forward to last week, when my husband was laid off. I went for a walk, looking for any silver lining to grasp onto, and this woman and her story came back to me.

"At the time I felt so lost," I remembered the woman say. "But you have no idea how freeing it is to start over. It's a gift. Starting over is always a gift."

So now, as my husband and I go through the process of letting go of what we had and embracing our current situation, I hold onto the trust that in every bit of difficult news, there is a chance, as hard as it might seem, to rethink it as an opportujjnity--a chance for something new. ~~

"Dear Lord, help me to take upsetting news in stride, to be thankful for life's thorns and storms, hoping that one day I may look back and see them as blessings in disguise."

Guideposts/SC~