WAY BACK, JUST A FEW WEEKS AFTER CREATION, God stated that it was not good for man to be alone. To this declaration I add my hearty “Amen!” God created woman to be the help-mate of man, and in this past week I was reminded firsthand of the reality of that truth.
This last week I was wifeless and my kids were motherless. Oh we got by pretty well, even ate well and got the wash done, but I greatly missed my wife and my kids missed their mother. There were numerous lessons I was reminded of during this week, like a “woman’s work is never done,” and I really do have some great kids. They rose to the occasion, even has dad was down sick and was attacked by a migraine, they each jumped on board to help out. I am truly blessed.
Another truth of which I was reminded is just how difficult it is to be a single-parent. For those of you who have been called to that awesome task, I humbly salute you. To those of you who manage both family and job full-time I lift up my prayers. Yours is an incredible task. May the Lord grant you the strength, grace, wisdom and peace that is needed in double measure.
There are lots of reasons why someone may be a single-parent, too many to address here, but I do desire to impress upon my readers two things. First, if you are a single-parent God has not and will not abandon you, you are no less in His eyes. Second, to the church I say, let us draw alongside those whose task has been doubled by their role as single-parents. I know I have been blessed by those who have drawn alongside to help me, so may we draw alongside others to help and encourage. Remember: we are family, and so let us live.