Brighter days ahead

I usually can't contain myself when the holidays start up, but this year I am having a hard time getting into the holiday spirit.  I could not write anything for the last week or so because I just could not put into words how I was feeling, nor could I write anything because nothing seemed to "fit". 

My blog is turning over a new leaf.  I will write at least every other day.  It may not be a devotion every day, but it will be something uplifting, helpful or encouraging.  While looking through a book called, "Life Can Be Hard Sometimes", I found the following poem.  This is not a poem based on scripture, but I hope you will find it encouraging, like I did.

Look to the Future and Brighter Days Ahead

Sometimes it seems like the world is crumbling around us and we just can't go on.
But those are the time when we most need to look to the future, to hold on to our
faith and hope and to each other.

One of the hardest things to accept is the realization that things that make no sense
to us now may never make any sense, but life will go on anyway - with no explanations
or apologies, and that we somehow survive the changes thrust upon us.

We even manage to grow.... but nothing grows without rain, so when it begins to pour,
let it flow.  And when the storm has passed, let it go.  Be kind to yourself; ask for what
you need.  You are not alone.

Kerry McCaskill