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As these months of widowhood have rolled by (23 now) I emerge a little bit more out of the old way of life and into this new way of life.  There are very few self help books for the elderly in surviving the loss of a decades long spouse, helpmate, friend, confidant, one who balances you out.  There are groups available but very few of them are faith based especially in small rural areas.  While there are usually family members and friends they are usually busy with their own lives, families, jobs, adventures, and trials.  Very few of us want to be a burden to another.  

So as these months have passed it is my normal routine to seek the Lord for the first few hours of the morning.  Six years ago I had a tumor removed from my head and the Holy Spirit whispered plans for a women's encouragement group into the hole in my head.  That group, Power of Twelve, has been going since September 2018 and there are now 19 groups across the United States going in 19 different homes.  But then in September 2022 the Lord called my husband home and I have been picking up the pieces since then.  Every day I can choose to be sad, mad, depressed or angry that my life took such a huge change when seeming everything was going according to God's plan.  I'm not that kind of person but I do feel the change and it is overwhelming at times.  None of my children or grandchildren live with a couple hundred miles of me so any help has to be hired.  Mercifully the Lord supplies all of my needs! 

We each have the choice to choose what the day will hold for us.  Do we choose to spend hours on social media or hours in prayer for others?  Do we choose to argue politics with others or pray for peace in the world?  Do we hurry, hurry, hurry though each moment of the day spending very little time with God or do we stop and make it a priority to listen to what He is saying to us on a personal level?  I feel I have been extremely blessed to be able to seek Him and hear Him in the quietness of the day.  I did not want to walk the Widowhood Path (at age 70 because we all know how hard it is to teach an old dog new tricks!) but I am on it so I have to trust in the Lord and lean not on my own understanding.

I hope each of you are making good choices for the Lord every single day He wakes you up to breathe!! 

Shalom Shalom!! (Perfect Peace!)

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