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"Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.
For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up." Ecc. 4:9
Today, I wish I could have you over for a cup of tea, some delicious treat and spend a couple of hours sharing our hearts, dreams, life, sadnesses, fears, and all that is swirling around in our heads. Truly, my love is to have personal times with women.
As I look back over the storms of my life, loneliness and isolation, when I did not feel like I had one person I could think of to help me bear my burdens, I was most tempted to crater.
This verse expressed my needs perfectly! Woe to the one who has no one to lift him up!
Bearing darkness, a sense of failing, and discouragement alone created so many of my personal struggles and depletion and emotional storms. And this led to despair where I was tempted to quit my ideals. There were many times when I found myself alone that made me feel I was drowning in the circumstances of life and tempted me to quit some of my ideals. Not because I didn’t believe in them any more.
But often, when I felt like I was failing or too exhausted or fearful of the season in which we found ourselves, or fill in the blank.
That’s why today I want to give away 2 Tea Time Mentoring Sessions with me and one of you. In other words, on Friday, I will pick two people to win a personal time of sharing lives over the internet with me. It won’t be exactly like being on my porch, but it will be face to face and chatting about whatever is on your mind.
To enter, please leave a comment, share the post with a friend, follow me and be sure to use the hashtag #HelpImDrowningbook. I have done several mentoring online sessions recently and I have enjoyed it so much.
Today on my podcast, I talk about the kind of friend that helped me make it through some of my darkest days. I hope you will share it, too, and be encouraged to be that kind of a friend for someone who needs your love today.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, at 1:00 mountain time I will come on Insta live to discuss some of the storms of my life, how to weather the winds and waves that threatened to overcome me. I will also discuss how lament and being sad is a part of making it through—that it is ok to struggle. Also, some of the ways I had to learn to make it through a disappointing world. I hope you will share with your friends and plan to join me.
What kind of friend are you? I pray each of you will be the kind of friend your own people need and that you will have that kind of a friend now, whatever storm you are weathering.
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