Encouragement along the way

I've been thinking of writing some posts 

about what provides encouragement and things 

I would want to read when I am struggling.

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So here is the beginning of it.

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When you are lonely, make your bed in the morning.

If there is sunshine, let it shine on you.

If it is cloudy, light a candle.

Ask God to spend this day with you and seek to remember Him today;

this way the loneliness will receded a bit at least and you will be warmed.

Just be with God today.

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Be simple. 

Acknowledge that spiritually there is more poverty than riches

but that you can seek to be with God today.

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Look around you for someone to love,

even if it is just by saying a prayer for them.

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Have a routine.

Make something.

Bake, knit, draw, write someone a letter.

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If you are in need or want or have pressing demands,

do one at a time and do your best.

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Remember to keep the two truths in equal balance:

I am a sinner and God loves me:

do not despair, God's love is deeper than my troubles.