Hey friends. I know I’ve been a little aloof lately. I haven’t really been feeling well and I was taking some time to recoup. I will spare you the details, but just know that I’m trying to get better so that I can keep blogging.

I will say this in case it helps someone else. If you’re going through some dark days, don’t lose hope. Every day I feel like I’m barely hanging on by a thread, and so very close to going batshit crazy.

Perhaps you’re like me in that you seem to be a magnet for misfortune. One thing after another just goes wrong. Maybe you got a flat tire this morning, you lost your purse, you got fired, your dog died, the bill collectors keep calling, you’re sure your kids are demons(only plausible explanation), and your spouse is having an affair.

That type of stuff will make anyone lose it. Especially if each day is like that.

But one thing is that I just keep trying, and going. I remember from my Pentecostal girl, church days, that if we stop focusing on our problems and help someone else, we seem to find our way out of those little dark spells. We can always choose to focus on love.

Trust me, there’s things you might be going through, that you just can’t tell your friends about. I know! Things you have to suffer alone, behind closed doors. You might have cried yourself to sleep last night because you don’t know how to deal with a circumstance you’re in. But allow me to encourage you with some scriptures that I’ve always found helpful in times such as these;

“And God causes all things to work together for good to those who love GOD and are called according to HIS purpose.”

ROMANS 8:28

And,

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

PSALMS 147:3

And,

“For if God is for us, who can be against us?”

ROMANS 8:31

And,

“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to seperate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our LORD.”

ROMANS 8 37-39

And,

“For I know the plans I have for you declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11

And last but not least, the one that is for ME today

Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to HIS voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I’m not an active church member right now, unless you count the ones I watch online. But the Holy Word of God is always there for me when I can’t bear life’s turbulence’s anymore.

Be kind to people, were at that time of year again. The holidays aren’t always cheerful for everyone. Find ways to put a little sunshine in someone else’s darkness. That’s true love for humanity. Be the beauty to the world that we only read about in fairytales and poetry.

XOXO 💋,

CANDID CHICANA

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