Always In Arms Reach...

Over the last couple of weeks...I've been going through some personal emotions. It's almost like my past is coming back to haunt me...things that I've forgotten have come flooding back. I know how far I've come...and how much I've grown as a person...but yet these emotions are enough to make me stop for a second and ponder on them. I almost start second guessing myself...which I know is never a good thing.

I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling this way...have you ever second guessed yourself...wondering if the choices you've made were a mistake? Or are you at a crossroads where giving up sounds a lot better than holding on? Well if you're anything like me...you'll want to hear the following words...I know I need to hear them...

Lord, I come to you in prayer today...not just for myself...
but also for those before me...
Different situations have brought us here...
but we all have something in common...
We are hurt...sad...lonely...there may be a sense of loss...
each of us has an individual pain...
But we all are asking the same question, why?

We have all come to a crossroads...and are unsure of which road to take...
which will be the easier journey...
Lord, I just ask that you give me some words of comfort...
for myself and for those before me...
So that they may walk away today...
feeling a little more peace then when they came...

Whatever emotion you are feeling today...
I want you to know that it is only a passageway...
it is simply a hallway...not a living room...
On one end of your hallway may be boxes...
of depression...pain...anger and darkness...
I want you to stop and look at the other end...
Do you see those boxes of love...happiness...life and meaning?
Right now you may be in the middle of your hallway...
or you may even be on the floor crying...

Today, I want you to start walking toward that door...
the door of happiness and hope...and take an inventory of those boxes...
You must not continue to fill your lives with anger...bitterness...and sadness...
You may be asking...how do I do that?
I want you to know that not only will God show you the way to walk...
but He will give you the courage and the strength...
to take the necessary steps...

I know we cannot undo our past...but we can take control of our future...
Each hour is a portion of our lives...we must not fill up that hour with despair...
God hasn’t left us without direction...
He tells us, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

During this difficult time...I pray His peace surrounds you...
that it guards your hearts and your minds...
I pray that His hope will fill you...with all joy and peace...
so that you may overflow with hope...
And may you discover His plan to prosper you and not to harm you...
He plans to give you hope and a future...
He is the second set of footprints...walking along beside you...
never too far...always in arm’s reach...


Inspire-a-footprint today...
Love, Tonia

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