I Need Thee Every Hour

 

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011

I Need Thee Every Hour

Once again, I feel like I need help from my Heavenly Father to keep my soul still and lift me through the thorny parts of life. I have learned to listen to my heart and search my soul,  but I sometimes still doubt myself and pray that I am making the right decisions..there are things sometimes we need to let go of, but still, I question if I am doing all the Lord wants me to. I so wish for that chapter of my life to be over--but how?

I spoke today with my mother's Bishop, who advised me that she is not doing well and refuses to get the proper help she needs. The church has done all they can to help her financially, physically, and spiritually--they will continue to support her financially. However, he explained that she needed 24-hour care and could not take care of herself. She told him and others that she would not move away from her home. I asked him if I could help financially, and he said he wished it was that easy--Her heart had become so hard. The women from the church have gone over and helped her dress morning and night, take her doctor appointments, clean the house, and so much more. She has blamed them for stealing things and overstepping her boundaries with these incredible women; she has caused them all to run. Oh, how I wish this was easier; I have prayed that she would soften her heart for years. 

Going through my cancer treatments, I was so grateful to have family and friends to help me, but I have always longed for a mother to love, laugh with, cry with, and share with. I am trying to recover from the last couple of years; I have learned to rely on the Lord for everything--I love deeper, feel more compassion, look at life as a gift, and always talk about service to others. I treasure every day I wake up to children I adore and a husband who keeps me smiling. 

Now, as I am faced with this,  I wonder what I am supposed to learn--If I thought for one second I could change her heart, I would be at her doorstep in a heartbeat--but I'm scared; I've been so hurt, the Lord has answered so many prayers in this respect telling me to move forward and live my life, be the mother I always wanted my mom to be, be the wife I dreamed of being as a teenager. I've been told over and over again to stay away from stress, my doctors have warned me adding excessive stress can feed my type of cancer--I know that should be the answer right? It's not that simple, she's my mother--our Heavenly Father would not turn his back on any of his children, non of them, so now what? I can feel the anxiety coming on right now--
(the above was written by me on Sunday)
Today is Tuesday, I am just now getting around to writing about some of the experiences I have had this week. Sunday after I spoke with my mother's Bishop I decided I really needed to pray about this situation--so as usual I found a quite space in my son Blake's room and knelt to pray for guidance in this situation I've been placed in.   That night I had a hard time sleeping, but finally got my mind to think of my happy place in Paris--I fell asleep and dreamed, I dreamed of a time when my mother was soft and gentle--in this dream I was perfectly aware of the life I am in right now, but was feeling the emotions  of a child --this part is hard to explain. I went to my kitchen table and wrote a letter, a heart-felt letter, one of love and compassion but also one letting her know how I feel today as a woman, a woman who knows what it is to be a mother, a wife and most important a daughter of God. In this letter there was no blaming or accusations of any type,  just allowing myself to hopefully let her see a part of my heart that she has never known--then the next part of the dream I mailed the letter to her Bishop and asked him to read it to her--I woke from the dream and knew that my prayers had been answered, I need to write that letter. I love that the Lord knows that I need him every hour, even while I'm sleeping.