In Times of Uncertainty

" If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;..."

Sometimes when life knocks one for a loop, you can look within yourself for solace and come up sorely wanting. If one just looks, God is even on the Internet, blessing each of us through the kindness of others.

Recently, I reached out to my family with a gut wrenching event over a bi-polar adult child and the outpouring of kind and consoling words was my source of not only comfort, but acceptance. I am, indeed blessed with a circle of the kindest people imaginable. How grateful I am for each of you in a time when the stigma of mental illness is still, unfortunately, with us.

A cousin undergoing a very serious health issue of her own wrote these words:

"Our prayers are with you. Thanks for sharing. Remember the moving story of how Christ, as He walked among us, He healed all those with infirmities, including those with mental illness. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever and we know He has already paid the price for our healing. We'll trust and pray with you. "Have faith in God, Jesus answered... I tell you the truth, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it and it will be yours." Mark 11: 22,24 Love and prayers, Your Cousin."

God's grace certainly shines through the eyes and beautiful words of compassionate people, and I have been comforted in this time of uncertainty. We cannot be reminded of the grace of God too often.