Topic: Hope For An Unwed Mother, Part 1 Of 2

The real hope for an unwed mother is not in some kind of assistance program. Her real hope in life is found deep within herself, not outside of herself. The kingdom of God is within her innermost person and cannot be found in a government program. She must come to a place in her life where she can look into the future and see a Promised Land. The ultimate Promised Land for an unwed mother is being able to support her family without help from others. She must see into the future and be able to expect to further herself in education and employability. She must come to really see her future as a time of opportunity regardless of whether there are programs designed to help her or not. All the government programs in the world will not make any difference in her life if her core circumstances do not hold a positive vision of her future. She can complete her high school education if she is a dropout and then go on to college. She can finish college and find a good paying position with a good company. However, she must find hope and the Light in her life from within herself if getting a better education and getting a better job are to become her reality. She must have hope and the Light in order to fuel her progress. Without hope and the Light, she may well be able to complete program after program but she will still be without hope. She may have temporary success without hope. However, eventually hopelessness will catch up to her and she will fall into a cycle of spiritual or financial poverty. The day an unwed mother finds the real Light and hope is the day she becomes free to walk into a Promised Land. After she finds real Light and hope, outward changes in her life may not become apparent. The potential of a positive future in her life can begin to grow. In addition, after she finds real Light and hope, we may never see the outward changes in her life. However, we can definitely hope for, and she can hope for, a life in the Promised Land for her child or children.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/wisdomminute

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