Despairing sea? river? stream?
Perhaps I have been reading too much “Pilgrims Progress” lately but recently I had a dream. In this dream, I was on a ship on a sea called Despair. There was a storm and the ship began to break apart. It seemed hopeless! I knew that death was eminent but I began to thank the Lord for all of the blessings in my life.
Then I looked and I could see the shore on both sides. I realized that this was not a vast sea at all, but instead it was a river. There was hope! I began to thank the Lord again and suddenly I was standing over the river. It was so tiny and I realized that it wasn’t a river at all. Only a little stream. I then stepped victoriously over that stream of despair!
Isn’t it like that? Many times, events in our life seem so despairing. In fact, this dream came on the heels of some really sad news we had received. I wanted to stay in bed and invite pity and all her friends over but instead, God gave me this dream and reminded me to get up and in all things be thankful. Suddenly that sea of despair was only a stream which was easily stepped over!
I wanted to thank you for your comment on my blog, and sharing your story of your kind post-partum visitor. I spent a little time perusing…I make my own laundry soap too, almost exactly like yours, and we have been doing relief work in the foster care system for several years and will be fostering in the future.