Only through God's Grace!

I turn on my music and this is the first song that is playing....

Healer (song)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RvIEJ_PmqJ8

As I drove home tonight from a conference, I felt like the walls were closing in around me. Between hearing news of my husband's grandma passing away,  conflict with my side of the family,  my husband out of town for two weeks, my mom, who suffers from Schizophrenia going off her meds AGAIN.... and friends who are going through much pain and hurt... I was sure I was emotionally done in. Can one emotionally stand strong and supportive to others around them when they feel like there is no more wind in their sail?

The answer to this is Only through the Grace of God!  I have learned over the years that I will never be able to offer  to anyone, let alone myself, what God can offer.  He is bigger then the ugliness the world has to offer in the way of brokenness and sin...  But there is Truth in God's love. There is Hope in God's love.  There is Forgiveness & Redemption in God's love.

I may not be perfect, for this... I am so thankful for God's Grace.... but what keeps me going is knowing that He will always walk me through it and that I can love people right here, right now.... as God calls me.

Know you are loved by God, Your Father.

Our Story.... God's Story

10-24-15

As I sit here, my heart is full of gratitude and at the same time, empathy, for those broken and lost.  God is so faithful and has shown me things this year, that I could never describe in words, but He is not finished with my story.  He is not finished with those that are reading this either. What story is God writing in your life?

As I type this, I fight tears of empathy for the afflicted at heart.  For those that can not rest because they are unsure what their story or even if they have one.  Can I tell you right this moment, that you have a story and God is writing it everyday and will publish it.  He is the only editor to your story.  So don't allow those around you tell you different.

Your purpose is Your Story in Christ!  You are LOVED more then words!

What is Caroline up to?

10-15-15

Last week I had the blessed opportunity to attend a conference on Mental Health & The Church, and the pilot light in me was ignited to full flame!  I wanted to share a few of the words shared that really touched me, in hopes over the next few months, I can touch on some of these subjects in more detail.

“God is still in the business of redemption. He still makes things new” -Jamie Tworkowski

“God comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others” -John Baker

“There is redemption in knowing you are not alone” - Sheila Walsh

“For by the grace of God, each and every one of us have a struggle.”  -Chief Yost Zkhary, MPPA

I don’t fit in, hope says you belong!

Hope says you have a purpose!