A Call to Action Look around your church or community for the single parent. Ask them how you can lighten load. In what ways can you be a neighbor to a single parent? Can you entertain the children and give the parent a break? Can you invite them for a meal or take a meal to them as a random act of kindness? What other things can you do to make life easier for your neighbor, the single parent? Are you sometimes judgmental when the single parent cannot keep up with housework, car pools, children’s activities, job, yard, and all the things one parent must do for two? Encourage them. In what ways can you affirm them and their children? Prayer Thank you Lord for always being with us even when we feel alone. Thank you for sending help when we need it most. We ask you for wisdom to understand your plan for our lives, courage to look for you when our fears surround us, and strength when we feel we can’t go on. Help us be a light for our neighbors in need and may they feel your presence always. Teach us to trust you in all things. Amen ABOUT THE WRITER: Judith Seva became a single mom in 2012. In 2013, she was looking to God for a miracle and that was the beginning of her relationship with God. In 2014, God opened doors for a position that allowed her to live with her priorities: God, family, and job. In 2015, God opened more doors allowing Judith to attend Bethel University as a candidate for ministry. Judith says, now “I have a better home, a more secure job, and opportunities to serve in my church as an elder and a member of the worship group.” Judith is the parent of Mariana (age 10) and Carlos (age 9).
A Call to Action Look around your church or community for the single parent. Ask them how you can lighten load. In what ways can you be a neighbor to a single parent? Can you entertain the children and give the parent a break? Can you invite them for a meal or take a meal to them as a random act of kindness? What other things can you do to make life easier for your neighbor, the single parent? Are you sometimes judgmental when the single parent cannot keep up with housework, car pools, children’s activities, job, yard, and all the things one parent must do for two? Encourage them. In what ways can you affirm them and their children? Prayer Thank you Lord for always being with us even when we feel alone. Thank you for sending help when we need it most. We ask you for wisdom to understand your plan for our lives, courage to look for you when our fears surround us, and strength when we feel we can’t go on. Help us be a light for our neighbors in need and may they feel your presence always. Teach us to trust you in all things. Amen ABOUT THE WRITER: Judith Seva became a single mom in 2012. In 2013, she was looking to God for a miracle and that was the beginning of her relationship with God. In 2014, God opened doors for a position that allowed her to live with her priorities: God, family, and job. In 2015, God opened more doors allowing Judith to attend Bethel University as a candidate for ministry. Judith says, “I now have a better home, a more secure job, and opportunities to serve in my church as an elder and a member of the worship group.” Judith is the parent of Mariana (age 10) and Carlos (age 9).
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