Recently I read about a very disturbing study. A group of people were asked what they would do if they witnessed someone making a racist joke, taunting someone or displaying overt racism in some way. Almost to a person, everyone said they would speak up for what was right.
Unbeknownst to the subjects of the study, it didn’t stop there. The group conducting the study then set up situations in the real life world of each subject. Each situation allowed the subject to witness a scene similar to one they had been told about previously.
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It happens to us all. We think we are doing something routine like grocery shopping. On a good day I can get in and out of the grocery store in a few minutes. It never fails though. If my day is packed with so much I have little wiggle room, I will run into everyone I haven’t seen for years in the store. And they want to talk. A lot. About everything that has happened in the five years since I last saw them.
Everyone has a story. Most stories are richer and more fascinating than we can ever imagine. I will never forget talking to a 90 something year old lady at church one day and discovering she had been in the Palace of the Shah of Iran and had tea with him and his family. This sweet little old lady in Georgia had taken tea with a historical figure in another country? If I remember correctly, she even gave him some godly advice while she was there!
Often, it’s the simplest things which help people the most. Years of working with people in countries with unclean tap water, homeless people in the U.S. and even foster children as they move from home to home, have taught me personal care items are an urgent need in many places.
If you have been a mom for very long, you understand it is one of the greatest blessings God can give you. That doesn’t mean life is perfect. You wouldn’t trade those little (or big) bundles of joy for anything, but there are some days when you want to jump on the nearest airplane to Hawaii.
by Susie Larson. Billed as a book of blessings, it contains ninety-eight different entries. Each entry has a scripture printed on one page and her blessing for the day on the facing page. Although not specifically written for moms, the blessings definitely cover areas which would encourage any woman whether or not she is a mother.