"... and He will yet deliver us."

     "Children get older, I'm getting older too." Stevie Nicks Landslide
Many of us are living in what society has dubbed the 'sandwich generation'; and it may surprise you when I say what a blessing it is if you happen to be in it as well. We are the ones who are faced with children and aging parents, and time is the enemy for our love-torn hearts. We truly desire to be in two places at once, with many needs on both ends. We try to keep all the balls up in the air but most of us are not very good jugglers; and we live with regrets and depression creeps in. One way to avoid dealing with it is to stay so busy we do not have time to think about it; but like avoiding reality with alcohol, it is still there when we sober up!
OK, where is the blessing? The blessing is in surrender! "And He shall direct our paths." This sandwich generation did not happen by accident and there is so much to be learned if we are willing to let go of ourselves. "I can pass on a curse or a blessing to those I will never know." Sarah Groves.  Ever stop to think that our grown children are watching what we do concerning our time and how we react to the many growing needs of family? A curse or a blessing, do we actually see we are deliberately choosing one? We are still teaching our children even when they are grown by the way we react and respond to life. My father is now in a nursing home and it is quite heartbreaking to say the least. A stroke has robbed him and his family of a life we all treasured and were so blessed to have. This has been reality for the past seven years. "...and He will yet deliver us." 1Corinthians 1:10 When life is turned inside out God's word is even more sought after, and isn't that what God intended? For us to desire Him above all else? 1Corinthians 1:9 "indeed we had the sentence of death within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead." We will indeed long to be in two places at once in this sandwich generation but the miracle of the blessing for those who are listening is God's voice calling "Come to me all who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give thee rest." Do we really believe God is in control? Do our children and parents see this in us? If we find ourselves in this sandwich generation, we are blessed in our difficulties, hardships, and trials to have an opportunity to be living examples of lives surrendered unto God. Let's give our loved ones the joy of seeing us living a surrendered life rejoicing in all things, especially the hard things!

Heavenly Father I pray we may surrender all, for all to You we owe and may we indeed pass on a life lived in faith for others to see. A blessing to those we will never know. In Jesus Your Son's name I pray Amen.
Love to all in Christ Jesus C:)