Believe. I talk often about the power of believing and this little pillow that I got my grandma for Christmas years ago, when we still lived out in Gatewood, Missouri.
During those times we had to have faith and look toward God for strength, hope, and guidance.
I am still amazed to this day about how we were blessed in that moment of our lives, all that we went through, the hard times we had to endure and the absolute heartaches there were at times.
Nevertheless, we made it THROUGH and that’s the key word here. We made it alive and well. Yeah, still to this day we are fought constantly and I know I am oh-so-young and I’ve yet to begin my hard, dark path in this cruel sinful world.
But I believe that I’ve been through a lot in my young life and that helps me see that if you just believe you can get through anything – no matter what it may be, how hard it is, or how hopeless the situation may seem.
They say when life gives you lemons to make lemonade… What about when life gives you a big pile of GARBAGE? Improvise, my friends, IMPROVISE.
They also say one man’s garbage is another man’s treasure, so maybe the trial that you’re facing (whatever it may be) maybe it is a blessing, instead of a curse. And if it isn’t at the moment, then make it one! You may not be able to control the events – but you CAN control their meaning.
In those days, it brings me back to dreaming again. I know I’ve mentioned that word a lot lately. But we have to have dreams. As matter of fact, you always should dream no matter who you are or what situation you’re in because it can’t hurt you and it’s good for you. As long as you wake up long enough to make those dreams come true. I remember oh-so-often my grandma and I dreaming of some better day ahead. My grandma would tell me that these trials we’re in, they too shall pass. For a while I shook my head in doubt but my grandma said (paraphrased) “Oh you just wait, BELIEVE it and you will see.” Indeed, I did see – and couldn’t believe it! Some days I STILL can’t believe it!
“Seeing isn’t believing. Believing is seeing.”– The Santa Clause
That is the truth for sure. I don’t think that’s a silly statement at all. Actually, I find it to be very truthful myself. So, when you think about it, if you believe in something so much and strong enough, then it will be. But, of course, things just aren’t going to happen for you on there own; you have to be out and about. It take us moving and getting out there.
Funny, how we stumbled on our escape from the twenty acre farm. It was much-needed at the time. My grandpa had been too sick to handle it and my uncle and grandma couldn’t continue taking care of it on their own anymore, so when we came upon this two-story repossessed home in Doniphan, Missouri, my grandma jumped on it. Again, there was to be work… work that just had to be done.
But my grandma and my grandpa both have been the kind of people that if there is any way for them at all to make something happen, they will find that way and do so. (You learned about that yesterday). I’m still not sure how they were able to make it all happen but they did and it turned out beautiful, and for them very rewarding – definitely the nicest home that I remember us living in. We still weren’t in the clear. We still faced the same trials, struggles and hardships we had been enduring, but we also still believed. That little pillow helped remind us each day of our lives there and then we moved again, still carrying that little pillow with us to remind us that we should continue to Believe.
It’s worn, torn, tattered and old, It may have many tears, snags, and stains. But it still has the same meaning and that is to BELIEVE. For almost ten years now that little pillow has been in my family’s house; wherever we’ve been, it’s been with us.
When we went on that trip to visit our family in California back in the fall of 2011, I brought it with us then and hung it up in the living room area of our bus. That’s where it was in the picture I posted with today’s blog post. The meaning of that pillow has brought my family and I through a lot during the past. We still have it today in the bus which is our temporary home at the moment.
And we still face the same trials, and struggles that we always have, but as I said above:
We still BELIEVE.
How could we not believe after everything we’ve faced? The devil thinks that he can throw all this grief and destruction in our face to make us doubt God but for this family it just makes us believe in him more! It just helps our faith in him grow stronger and we want to serve God more than ever. Where there is a will, there’s a way. Amen!
BELIEVE
God bless y’all!
Sincerely,
