we are all a mess in need of a savior

it has been interesting the different things that have come to my attention in the last few weeks and months. i am noticing so many different people's lives and how they are given different circumstances to endure. standing on the outside and looking in, it seems like you can see things from a perspective that they can't and you feel like you have the answers that maybe they might need. but in reality, no one has the answers for other people unless they are leading them to the only Answer and that is Jesus. you really can not know how someone feels or thinks or what they are going through, even if you may have experienced the same kind of circumstances that they may have. and even if you did, the pathway to the fix for you might be a totally different pathway for them.

i have realized that all of our lives are a mess in one way or another. and it really only gets better when we recognize and admit it. trying to pretend that everything is just a bed of roses when it is not, only prolongs any help in our lives at all. we all need God's mercy and we all need God's grace to empower us to get through and overcome the difficulties that are presented to us in our lives. it really helps me to be able to love and nurture others when i do not expect them to be perfect and know that they need help to get through stuff that is handed to them. and it really helps me to be able to love myself when i see myself with the same perspective.

we truly are all a mess in need of a Savior every single minute of every single day of our lives!