Strawberry, This One's For You....

[Guest Yediyd]

If times are hard and you are blue

think of others worrying too.

just because your trials are many,

don't think others haven't any.

Life's made up of smiles and tears,

joys and sorrows, mixed with fears;

and though to us it seems onesided...

trouble is pretty well divided.

If we look in every heart,

we'd find that each one has it's part

and those who travel fortunes road

sometimes carry the biggest load.

-Anon.

[susieSA]

That one is excellent

[StrawberryFields]

Uhmm Thanks.

[Guest Yediyd]

Uhmm Thanks.

Methinks I need explain....I was reading in a thread...(can't remember which one) about "well to do" people having it made...You had commented that you were "considered" "well to do"...but I know from reading your blog and getting to know you (so to speak) up here, that you carry a heavy load...When I read this poem, I thought of you.

I think you are very special...G-d must, too...to entrust you with the trials you have seen.

[StrawberryFields]

Oh Okay.

Gives me quite a bit to think about.

[Guest Yediyd]

Oh Okay.

Gives me quite a bit to think about.

It can be taken many ways, but the point is...we are ALL having, "one of those lives"

This helps me when the green monster of envey tries to creep in...

I have a good life...sometimes I need to remind myself of that. :)

[StrawberryFields]

Glad I could be of service.

[StrawberryFields]

I have given this some thought.

I don't think I have cornered the market on trials by any means and if I have given that impression I apologize.

Most of my trials have caused heartbreak because of things that have occurred to people who I love, but I have also had great joy mixed in.

I have a dear sister in law who has had to deal with her children who have been sexually abused by another family member. She also has financial difficulties and health problems.

I don't feel that our family being blessed financially has made my trials any worse. I don't believe that the Lord works that way. If I haven't mentioned it before I feel blessed beyond measure in my life. I have witnessed a few miracles in my life and I know I have not done anything to be so loved and blessed.

As I have mentioned before I use this website as a sounding board but maybe it has become more of a place for me to complain.

I know we will ALL have our crosses to bear as part of the test. I feel quite certain that my testing is only beginning and I have learned so much through these trails. I have learned so much from those who I love dearly and who suffer. I am humbled by the grace and love I feel from my father in heaven.

The other day my visiting teachers came by and they were talking to me about all of the different stress I am currently carrying... which of anyone could be immobilizing. I feel the Lord loves me so much he gives them to me all at once so I don't have time to totally fall apart because of any one thing.

[Guest Yediyd]

Straw, you have a good heart...and I admire you. :)

[StrawberryFields]

Thanks Yed. :)