Often when we share things going on in our lives, our words are unwanted or ignored. When we’re suffering through some sort of difficulty, whether it be financial, emotional, dealing with illness, a broken relationship, people don’t necessarily want to hear about it. When someone asks, “How are you,” and you lay your whole life before them, you will most likely lose your audience. Jesus spent His time on earth, telling stories – parables, they were called. Each of those stories had a purpose. When we share a story of a trial we’re dealing with, it just might help someone else in their journey.

We have a reason for our existence. A few years back I wrote a book called “Stages.” It dealt with the seven stages of life and included a memoir of sorts. It’s no longer in print, but that isn’t why I wrote the book. I had no thoughts of becoming a best-selling author. I only wished to leave a bit of history behind for my children and grandchildren. I started writing my blog 12 years ago as a way to share my experiences with others so they would know that there is a way to get through our earthly struggles. Relying on God, rather than myself, has added to my life’s purpose. In the past two years, my posts have turned to the aging process, relying on God and death. If that doesn’t sound like a thrilling story, let me assure you, it isn’t. I do believe that everything that happens to us in life, is for a reason. God created us to not only serve Him, but to help others in any way we can. Our own experiences, our trials, our battles, our successes can give hope to others who may be going through a similar situation.

Every second of each life is filled with opportunities to share them. Whether you write those stories in a journal, share them on a blog site, share over coffee, or simply keep a daily diary, you are sharing advice that might give someone else hope in an otherwise hopeless situation. God saw that it was not good for man to be alone, so He created a helper for him. Throughout history, we find that we need each other to help us get through the storms of life. We may not always get that help from each other, but we can depend on God’s intervention in all things.

 “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2