Just thinking today how we can all be our own "Miracle Workers". We all lack skills, and most of us lack some pretty vital ones.
Today I have been reading Sandra Fulton's "The Messie's Superguide". I am naturally disorganized, I have ADD and I am a bit of a packrat. I managed to keep a decent house during my marriage, but when I had 2 kids in 15 months, I found it impossible to keep up. On top of that, I have had health problems, mental and physical, that have made it even worse for me to keep order in my house and in my life. I, like Helen Keller, need to learn new skills, "crack the code" and build upon new skills and knowledge.
I saw something in the New Testament that I interpreted as meaning something like, "do what you can to help others do better". I have to look it up. I even thought it could be interpreted as "it is okay to "manipulate" others when it if for a good cause." Maybe that is a bit of a stretch, but still, it made sense to me.
I think we should never give up on ourselves or on others. It is hard to not "give up" on some people, but I have made a decision to NEVER "give up" on anyone. I may have to withdraw, take a break, regroup, look for a different way to help (sometimes "back ing off" works wonders for everyone). There is a time to work and a time to rest, but we should not ever just "throw in the towel" "Don't become weary in well-doing" is something we are told in the New Testament.
