Widows, I know a lot of them. One of them, the husband was murdered, the children were still young, she was left alone to raise her children, she is strong, spiritual, warrior, hardworking, jealous for the life of her children, her children have grown up and now they are men, each with their own life, and she is alone and well. Being alone for so long takes a few nights to think about life, while your mind is bestalked by intense thoughts of defeat. Sometimes she thinks she is not loved; other times, he thinks it is neither important nor special to anyone, his thoughts are so intense and frequent that she believes that they are true and, besides, trigger false feelings of disaffection, thoughts of defeat hinder light emotions, and everything is dark and meaningless Black clouds surround her existence until she almost stops breathing!
There’s the “functional” widow, this sheep married to a disbeliever, which actually means she has a dead husband!Yes, the sheep, dead because she was not born again, is the enemy of the God we serve, she has eyes but does not see, she has ears but does not hear, and she, the widow of an undead husband, is alone, spiritually alone; She spiritually cares for her home, prays for her husband’s life, instructs her children in the fear of the Lord, feeds on the Word of God, and often has no help in her spiritual life. She goes to church alone, takes her children to ebD, to meet the young people. He is often ashamed of the looks that judge, criticize, obstruct his heart stunned by the demands of life. Yes, it looks like a burden.
- Are there still widows ?.
- By default.
- Are these women left behind by their husbands and those who feel alone.
- In addition to loneliness.
- Feel guilty with thoughts like: What did I do so that they do not love me?: What have I not done to leave and abandon me and the children?.
Alone, frightened, caring for her children, embarrassed, frightened by the future, confused and worried, embarrassed, she feels accused of her own thoughts, of an incompetent woman, after all, she could not maintain her marriage, the house collapsed.
Inadequation is a recurring feeling among widows, single, separated. Do these people feel out of context, have you ever felt like a duck out of the water?Watch this scene: She, the widow, goes to a family party, with brothers, cousins, nephews, parents and her lonely heart, looks around and realizes that: Wow, here I am again coward!Everyone is in two, young, mature and even this shy aunt who got married late.
In addition to the feeling of inadequacy, there is a dual responsibility to take care of yourself physically, financially and spiritually, to name just one part of the long list of duties that are part of the widowhood package. And oh, I forgot about that. making solitary decisions is also part of the new experiment package (it reminded me of the instruction manual for the new nightstand that said, “Get together?”).
Besides, there are poorly healed wounds and poorly cooked dreams, life goes on and female superpowers seem insufficient to stay on the road Where’s the way out?
Stay calm, sheep, you have a shepherd! Then the time has come to seek solid food in the scriptures, and the Good Shepherd will once again be powerful to satisfy us.
First of all, if you are a true widow, that is, this single woman who does not have the support of her family (because they are not Christians, or because they are immature in the doctrines of faith, or even because they are incapable). , if you are in this condition of genuine need, wait for God and persevere in prayer.
However, he who is truly a widower and has no protection waits for God and perseveres in supplications and prayers, night and day (1 Timothy 5:5).
And that doesn’t mean in any way that tells you to stand by and wait for the supply of heaven to come!Your needs do not make you passive, incapacitated; Here the order is that you join the Lord in prayer, submit to his sovereign government, and rest in the confidence that the Lord cares for us It is in continuous exercise (day and night) that a truly pious soul is forged It is in this constant prayer and supplication that we learn to depend on the Lord and trust in His righteousness. Sheep, there is no growth movement if there are no challenges.
And not only that, but we also pride ourselves on our own tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; perseverance, experience; And experience, hope; hope does not confuse now, for God’s love is poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, which has been given to us (Rom 5:3-5).
Do the challenges produce perseverance to be with the Lord in prayer, and let us be honest, would we be persistent in prayer and in a pious life if everything in our lives were peaceful and orderly?I don’t think so, I tell myself. Then perseverance comes to experience. Only with experience can we hope. Those who do not experience cannot personally test the power of Christ, and who not only knows how to listen cannot have a living hope in Christ who died and was resurrected, and who will return to us. . To grow and know Jesus Christ, we must go through difficulties. It is the potholes of life that bring us to our knees and make us dependent on the owner of the shepherd; without the vicissitudes of life, we blindly believe in our own self-reliance and superpowers. Only when we are on the ground, stunned, on the canvas, with our noses stuck to the ground, do we realize how weak and needy we are, desperately in need of a hero: the Savior!(I love this sound! Try it, say it aloud: S-A-L-V-A-D-O-R, my Savior, SALVADOR is the name of a hero).
The sheep, it is the one who shed the blood for you, vibrates with it, your life has a price, a cost, and the one who bought it did not abandon it, because he himself said, “Will I never leave you?”(Hey 13:5) He loves you, he gave his life for your life (John 3:16), so that you may have life and life in abundance (John 10:10).
Nothing will be missing, he will not abandon you, do not forget it (Ey 13:5), he will perfect it again (1 Peter 5:5), transform him and take care of his old age (Is 46:4).
Lonely sheep, don’t let your mind produce a root of bitterness in your life. Paul, the Apostle, wrote in Philippians 4:11 that he learned to live with satisfaction in each situation. Yes, I know, it seems impossible, but it is god’s grace that prevails in his life that produces contentment. I want to emphasize the verb APPRENDRE. We must be teachable; We must use the tools that God has left us and that allow us to learn: the Bible, prayer, preaching, communion, memorization of scripture, and meditation.
I challenge you to start a new life of devotion today. Pray and go!
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He’s 13:5 Be his life without greed. Be happy with what you have; because he said, I’ll never leave you, I’ll never leave you.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him may not perish, but have eternal life.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; I came so they could have life and have it in abundance.
1 Ped 5:10 Now, the God of all grace, who in Christ hath called thee to his eternal glory, after you have suffered for a time, He himself will perfect thee, strengthen, strengthen, and sustain you.
Is 46: 4 Until thy old age, I will be the same, and even thy khan, I will take thee; I’ve done it before; So I’m going to take you and take you and save you.