Eventually all things work together for the good

things are beginning to smooth out finally.  I once again realize that God does hear all my prayers and does care about all that goes on in my life.  Sometimes He lets us go through things so we can be a sympathetic ear to others.  It has been amazing to me that for a few days I thought that I was literally losing my mind and was about to drop off the deep end and now I can actually see things clearer and feel like I am standing on level ground.  Now, I have a girl at work that is about to fall apart at the seams and she does not know the Lord.  I have talked to her some, but she is not really ready to hear a lot.  She is still in the stage of being wrapped up in herself.  How long do we all stay in that stage and how much quicker could we get out of our pits if we took our eyes off of ourselves?   Once I began to truly seek God it seemed like I began to lift out of the dark cloud that covered me.  I know what you are thinking......well, duh! she should already know that! and I do BUT when you hit the bottom of the barrel and you just don't know how you got there and its all dark and murky, well then its hard to look anywhere but at yourself.  All I can tell you is that the most important thing is to get your eyes off yourself and keep them on Jesus.  I used to say pray for someone else, but this time I was in such bad shape, I could not even pray for myself much less anyone else.  Keep your head up and your eyes up and your heart focused on the things that are not of this world, eventually, and it may take a while, things will turn around.   Have a good week and keep smiling.....a smile always lightens someones day.