He will restore, support and strengthen me

In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation. 1 Peter 5:10 NLT https://bible.com/bible/116/1pe.5.10.NLT

This verse was on my verse of the day (bible app).
It came at just the right time. As it often does.

I had been worrying the night before about how we were going to get family support. My mother in- law has been working full time and just got diagnosed with arthritis. She's recently been working over time. Jeremy and I don't have the heart too ask her to watch our kids.

Jeremy is working from home heaps. So that is great. Gives me a break and helps me to go to therapy and bible studies, support groups and just mum out time.

But what about dates?
I'm really looking fwd to getting to know the high school teens who also go to my kid's school and hopefully hiring a few them as sitters.
It's just not on our budget to pay for much babysitting.

As I read this verse I suddenly zoomed in on the word "support". This passage of scripture encouraged my heart that God does want to support me. He also longs to strengthen me and restore me. It goes on to say God will place me on a firm foundation. Hope began to fill my heart. It takes much time to adjust to another country. Even if I have lived in the USA before, this is a whole new season with school aged kiddos and owning and running a small farm. I really need support, strengthening, restoration and a firm foundation in this season of transition and change.

I opened my bible. My paper bible 😀 and read other uplifting verses. God is so good!

"Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name".

I am currently in much therapy. I'm not seeing people who may be unsafe for me right now. Including certain extended family members and even our huge church. Theses are both triggers for my PTSD. I'm in a healing season. I do not need to be ashamed of the current nightmares or the time it takes to heal. I can still glorify God! After all it was not him who inflicted my past pain upon me. He is truly my loving father leading me down this road of healing! I'm so incredibly thankful.

Another Precious "Peter" verse to encourage my healing heart is this one..
"Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you".

I can trust him. He will take all my social anxieties. I can cast every single little care on him and trust him with my whole heart.

There is none other like him. He is my all and my truest love. My faithful friend ever true.