Wednesday, January 04, 2006
WHAT LIFE CAN THROW AT YOU!
WHAT LIFE CAN THROW AT YOU!
By Marla Millburn
Jan 4, 2006
It is unbelievable what life can throw at you!
All my life I have grown up believing that life was fair and beautiful.
I had the best parents in the world. They are still together after 57
years. What an inspiration!
The reason I am writing this is to let people know they could always be
worse off.
I am a married woman with three grown children. My oldest son has AIDS.
I can't except it. I can't let go and let God.
My other son has been bi-polar and takes heavy doses of meds every day
to keep him normal. He must be monitored daily. He lives a block away
in a place where they have apartments for the disabled.
My youngest and only girl is a "drug addict." She can't see her way
out.
I pray for all of them every day. The pain is like no other that I can
describe. I ask myself, "What did I do wrong? Am I being punished? Why
would God make all my children sick?"
It has taken its toll on my health, mentally and physically. I have
people tell me miracles happen. I don't believe that.
Why has God chosen me for all this heartache? They all live close by
and count on me for everything. All I do is cry and cry. I have been
married to their stepfather for 25 years. He gives me no emotional
support whatsoever. I read the Bible daily and pray daily to keep HOPE.
I will lie in bed all day wishing I could make things better for them
or I wish it was me and not my children.
My question is... Why Me?
How can one person handle this alone? I have no friends and do not
belong to any church. I do believe in God, but where is He? I try to
count my blessings, but can't seem to think of any.
Please pray for my children and me.
The reason I am writing this is to let people know they could always be
worse off.
PRAYER
"Lord, may your love always be the foundation of my life. Free me from
every fear and selfish-concern that I may freely give myself in loving
service to others, even to the point of laying my life down for their
sake."
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