Everyone needs a cheerleader!
Everyone needs someone to stand on the sidelines and urge them forward.
There are so many people who feel like they are in their situation and all alone. They do not have anyone they feel who understands and cares about the issues.
Many of us realize that our parents are the ones who cheered, urged, cajoled, threatened and loved us into becoming an adult. It was my mother who obeyed God's voice and changed my college experience. I was set to go to school in Springfield, MO. God urged my mother to take me to Houston, TX to a small denominational college. Being there set the tone and direction of my life.
I knew I was in the adult world when my mother came to live with me. She was aging and could no longer live alone. My cheerleader now needed one.
So did I.
We needed all the friends and support we could get for the changes that had come to us. Because of the years as a caregiver, I learned how important it is to stop and take a minute to check out the caregivers and see how they are doing.
Being a cheerleader is not difficult, nor time consuming. A minute, a hug, a word of encouragement will change the atmosphere of someone who has a burden and needs support.
Psalm 68:19
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