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A Hurting Woman

Jennifred Jones

The other day I was having lunch with a group of dear ladies.

One beautiful woman was telling her story of heartache…a bad breakup after 3 years of being together. This had happened at the beginning of the year. She was recently retired and alone now. Desperately searching for a new ‘love’ she was dating and doing many foolish things putting herself, her health and safety at great risk. But she was desperate.

Too often men and women, trying to make up for their own losses and hurts, do things they wouldn’t otherwise do because of their pain. The pain causes them to not think clearly and make unwise decisions – decisions, they later come to regret.

I listened to this dear woman, whom I’d never met before, I didn’t say anything, but I hurt with her. When we all left, we hugged each other and I said, “Take care of yourself.” and prayed for her as I drove home.

My prayer was for her to see past the pain and see her value…that just because someone she’d loved had ‘tossed her away’, that she’d not ‘toss herself away’, but become stronger and better in spite of it all. She is a valuable person.

Do you know someone who needs to be told they are valuable? Can you see in another’s eyes or hear in their voice the cry for help?

Be on the lookout and ask God to help.

Take the Risk!

Jennifred Jones

Do you have any idea how many people have not been spoken to in a meaningful way by anyone today???

You might be one of them!

Let’s take the risk – and speak to – acknowledge one another. Everyone needs this gesture.

Covid 19 is past, but the after effects are long bearing. People have gone into and are still hiding! Help them come out into life again.

They may not be hiding behind a mask. It could be the phone, the EarPods, the laptop, the coffee cup, the outward busyness or preoccupation with whatever. I believe we have a responsibility to befriend our fellow human beings…even if only with a smile, or ‘Hi’ or opening the door, letting them go first in line…a multitude of ways to show them that others see them and are watching out for them…even if only for a moment. But that moment will last longer than a moment in the person who’s been in hiding. It will sink into their subconscious and begin to work.

Yes, there is work to be done and we need to be some of the workers in whatever capacity we find ourselves.

Take the risk. Do your work. Lead with this ‘work’ and transformation will happen!

I guarantee it will!

Pioneers!

Jennifred Jones

Are you a pioneer? Am I a pioneer? What is a pioneer?

Adventure, danger, the unknown, no trail to follow, rivers to cross, food to forage, animals to hunt, bobcats and bears to ward off, family to feed, babies to tend to, trees to chop, shelter to seek, weeds to pull, clothes to make, people to meet, stories to tell, sickness to overcome.

Great-grandfather was a wagon-master numerous times leading settlers from Illinois to Oregon City. My kids played “Oregon Trail” on the computer for days when growing up. A daughter has an ‘Oregon Trail’ historical marker in her back yard.

Life is an adventure. Yes, we are all pioneers of different sorts. Every time we begin a new venture, we are pioneering a brand new ad-venture! The risk, the unknown is part of the excitement. We have a picture in our mind’s eye but cannot see how it will all pan out. We can’t always count the cost… we don’t know how much it will cost so we just begin and keep moving forward because it’s what we want to do.

We each have a grand life to live ahead of us. Don’t be afraid to pull up your tent pegs and try something new. There is much still to be discovered, learned and tried. We humans have been given the best minds of all creation, and they need to be stretched and think and design, craft, create, build, develop, push forward, see better ways of doing things, keep on improving and helping others to do likewise.

Accept your pioneer spirit and forge ahead. Others may not see your path or want to go with you. Don’t let that stop you. There had to be the first pioneer. There has to be vision. Let it be yours to make something good and beneficial.

Hitch up your wagon and drive!