Ponderings

Lora is a wonderful friend of mine, of everyone’s..I believe. I feel like it helps Lora that her children & husband have become part of our hearts.Sometimes when you are so tired or sad and just don’t want to go on anymore we then look at someone like Lora & see her rise out of the ashes that she was able to do that indicates that it CAN be done, it’s not just about that person’s life it just means IT”S POSSIBLE.As long as she’s willing to keep taking the breath, she helps other take that next breath also. As I have also said…just breathe…don’t forget to just breathe! Lora has had to learn a new sense of living.She went from not knowing who she was anymore to discovering it now.She is a mother (still) in more ways than we can fathom. (Whatever the ashes are in your life or your particular loss or experience that there is a way through and a way out of it-Oprah) Bill Cosby & his wife lost there son in an accident yrs ago and the wife was talking to oprah about the waves of pain and she would be doing something that had nothing to do with that loved one but just all of sudden a wave of pain would just wash over her randomly and so this woman would just stay busy but instead she had discovered that the only way to get through is to walk through the wave and fire..the heat of the pain. Let’s remember that just because Lora is doing all of this does not mean she has stopped hurting…that doesn’t go away it just doesn’t but what she IS doing is saving lives and she might not know the extent of that for she is humble like that.Imagine the weariness she must feel and reliving the tradegy over and over again. But now sharing it and bringing that into our hearts so that we can intercessory pray for her in such great numbers.God knows what she needs and He is doing that.From her loss will arise something very powerful for the rest of us out there…I believe that Lora sharing her story will save countless lives! Lora, I told you that I would let you know at Sunday school what I had seen on tv on an inspirational show: some people had written in to oprah on Oprah’s lifeclass inspirational show stated about an impact a certain woman had had on them..christine mcfadden and her tradegy…LORA IMAGINE THIS: THAT THERE COULD BE PEOPLE AT YOUR EVENTS THAT ARE SUICIDAL AND JUST WANT TO THROW IN THE TOWEL OR EVEN JUST A REALLY BAD DAY AND/OR GRIEVING AND TURNING FROM GOD FOR HE IS THE ONE WE LASH OUT AT TO BLAME AND YOU ARE LETTING THEM KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE,THEY THINK THAT IF YOU CAN GO ON THEN THEY CAN GO ON,THAT WATCHING YOU TELL YOUR STORY THAT THE CLOUDS HAVE PARTED AND THE SUN IS SHINING DUE TO YOU ARE SPEAKING AND HOW WE ARE ALL TAKING BABY STEPS TOGETHER.NOT A SINGLE DAY MIGHT GO BY AFTER YOU SPEAKING SOMEWHERE THAT THOSE THAT NEEDED TO HEAR YOU DON’T TAKE ANOTHER DAY FOR GRANTED. OUT OF THE ASHES OF YOUR FAMILY SOMETHING POWERFUL HAS RISEN TO HELP OTHERS FIND THEIR INNER STRENGTH-GOD. HE IS THE ONLY WAY AND THE ONLY TURN NEEDED IN THOSE TIMES OF THE WORST PLACES AND SPACES TO BE.ONLY GOD CAN DO ALL OF THIS IN US.ONLY HE CAN CREATE THE WILL TO GO ON AND ONLY HE CAN DO IT IN A WAY THAT IS UNEXPLAINABLE AND OTHERS WANT TO FEEL THAT TOO. LOVE YOU LORA & THAT IS WHY “YOU”. HE HAS CHOSEN YOU OUT OF YOUR ASHES, TO SAVE YOU AND NOT LET ANYTHING BE IN VEIN.YOU HAVE SAID “WHY” DID HE SAVE YOU…WELL, THESE ARE MANY OF THOSE REASONS. SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SPEAK IMAGINE IN A NEW WAY THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMEONE OR NUMEROUS PEOPLE IN THAT PLACE LISTENING TO YOU THAT YOU GAVE THEM A REASON TO GO ON AT LEAST FOR ONE MORE DAY BECAUSE THEY SEE THAT IF YOU CAN DO IT THEN WHY CAN’T THEY. I LOVE YOU…ENOUGH SAID MY DEAR,DEAR FRIEND.