"it's a hold up!!"

I have a friend who went through some very difficult times. I'll spare all the details but I want to share a lesson I learned from knowing her. She is very competent and hard working, yet she was drowning in life circumstances because she had no job. Significant financial stress led to self-esteem and self-confident issues. Its easy for someone in this situation to feel hopeless, and often she did.

Yet I knew that her life would turn on a dime when she got the right job. I just tried to "hold her up" during the tough times. Keep her afloat financially where I could but mainly encourage her and continue to help her see a vision for her life. She even found that she felt the best when she was helping others although she was "falling". My thoughts were "just don't let the pressure of the moment overtake her". I repeatedly told her that one day soon her soul would soar, this was just a small glitch in her life that seemed much larger than it really was due to the saliency of her immediate situation.

I knew she had gotten a job that seemed just right, but I had not heard from her for weeks and din't know how things were going. Yesterday she calls to report that life is great. The job is a perfect fit, she is very happy, fulfilled, and is indeed SOARING!

WE all have peeps in our life going thru difficult times that are temporary for them, yet they seem overwhelming. These peeps are special and deserve our support. Its amazing how moments in our lives can be so difficult that we let them define us, rather than letting the special person God made us to be to define us. This is where our support is so important. Helping someone stay afloat in these times makes us a "blessing partner" with God. Not only are we blessed when we are helping others, but when others are held up during tough times, they come out the other side to be a blessing to others. God is a multiplier of blessing!!

So, when we find someone struggling to stay afloat in life, remember how special they are and the best thing we can do for them is to be present and say "it's a hold up" and you will not sink!!!!

pondering them soaring is one of the greatest joys in life .....