Today at Walmart I ran into my friend Verena, I met her when we served on team for the Walk to Emmaus. Friends such as Verena are special friendships solely introduced to one another by God. The kind of friend that you hit it off with immediately and feel that you`ve known forever, thank you God!
I asked about her family, she told me that her young step-daughter was getting a divorce. Much to her dismay her step-daughter had already found a replacement for her husband and was traveling across country with this young serviceman to start a new life in California. New life, new friend, new home, you can bet this is the formula for a successful new life.
Been there, tried that! If only life was really that simple. What about all the baggage, healing and recovering that are stuffed, only to erupt, somewhere, someday when least expected? Could this lead to a second divorce? Did for me.
Verena and her husband are now caring for their grand-cats. The idea of having 2 cats left behind was very upsetting for Verena, however her husband promised his daughter that he would care for her pets then ship them to her when she was settled.
Verena is concerned that the cats with soon be forgotten and left for her and her husband to deal with. When does trying to help your children actually turn into enabling. Enabling them to make poor choices and not dealing with the reality of life.
In aisle one of Walmart, Verena and I joined hands bowed our heads and began to pray to God for His blessings for her family and her grand-cats! Openly praying in public is such an amazing sense of peace and God`s love.
Lamentations 2:19 Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street.
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