This, too, will pass!

Yesterday it rained in torrents here!  The rain was so heavy at times that many roads had to be shut down, and it was too much to even consider making the walk from the parking lot to the movie theater, so we just camped out at home.  It reminded me of a storm we are currently experiencing in our family.  It is not the hurricanes of the past, or even a quick moving, though devastating, tornado.  This is more of a long, drench-you-to-the-bones, soaking rain, like yesterday.  We know when it began, but we do not know when it will end...or how it will end.

It is beyond my ability to fix this situation, and the hardest thing for me about it is that I have to wait.  While I wait, I have many things that I need and want to do.  But I'm off-kilter, mid-crisis, and depending on someone else to make choices.  Still, I have my supporters and critics.    There are no easy answers, and we just have to wait out the judgements.  Only time will prove them right or wrong.  It doesn't really matter to me who is right and who is wrong.  I just want the best thing to happen for my loved ones.

So what do I do mid-crisis?  I hug my husband, I serve the Lord, I pray for who and what I cannot control.  I read my Bible,  put one foot in front of the other, and hope we are walking the right way.  I guess, right now, this is what it means to live by faith.  Trust in the Lord to guide us along our path.  Make the choices He would have us make...support each other.  Love Him...love others.  What else can we do?  This, too,  will pass.