The Power of One
All of us have the ability to be the one to change something in OUR world. What pulls at your heart strings? What is within your reach to change or affect? What do you believe in the most?
These are all questions that have been in my heart since Saturday. I often write my blog Sunday after church and just didn't feel ready. I kept coming back to the Power of One. I had no clue what this was or what I was suppose to even write about. Then I started looking at my life and the power of one in it.
My life you see has had a ton of rough patches. I remember the one who every summer loved me unconditionally, opened her home to a wild and crazy child and loved me like her own. She bought me toys, clothes, taught me how to cook, clean and in later years how to shop and be a great mother. This "One" was my Grandmother. Years later I was her power of one as I watched her pass from this life to the next just us two alone in a hospital room. We needed no one else as we had each other. I held her hand and cried gentle tears and was so thankful I was the "one" she choose to share the end with.
In my teen years there was the "one" rough and tough Marine Master Sergeant at my High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC. He believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. He never gave up on me and encouraged and lifted me up. I ran away from home at 17 and he was the "one" who helped me increase the communication with my family to let them know I was ok. I otherwise would of just walked away. He showed me that a teacher can love and open there heart and truly believe in me without hurting me or taking advantage of me. He was my power of "one". I often wander where I would of been if he hadn't instilled in me the discipline and respect and stick-to-it-ness of the Marine Corps. He also taught me so much pride in myself . I was drill team commander and Battalion Commander. Some of my greatest memories are of those times.
Flash forward another five years. I worked on a cruise ship in Hawaii. I had another wonderful blessing by a sweet man named Bobby Baron. He was a power of one to me in so many ways. I was a lost 20 year old who just wanted to find my eternal mate and was looking in all the wrong places. He told me to never give up. He knew I would find my mate and that he would be better than anything I ever imagined. He listened to my heart breaks and my desires. He never judged or degraded me. He was my sweet best friend. He was like a brother to me. Him and his mate where always there loving me and lifting me up. He was my power of "one."
Years later I gave birth to a sweet tenacious little girl. She changed my life. I knew I now had to be her power of "one". I changed my life .I learned to focus on the bright future and not on my torrid past. I returned to college, graduated with honors and worked hard to provide for her.
I married my eternal mate shortly afterward. I went about things backwards but he honestly is the biggest power of "one" I have had in my life. He is always there loving me and lifting me up. We have been together for 16 years. Longer, than I spent with my own parents. We had 3 children we created and 3 we adopted.
Years forward we became foster parents. Yep, you guessed it , we became a lot of children's power of "one". You see we took the children noone wanted or could handle. We got numerous teens straight out of juvenile detention. We never judged or discriminated. We loved them all and showed them what it was like to be believed in. We choose to uplift them and be their "one".
It now has been 6 months since we quit foster care. I look to my community and my business to be someones power of "one". I try to feed the homeless or hungry when the Lord puts them in my path. I try to smile at a stranger when I see they are having a rough day. I am there to help if I see a need. I have taught my kids to look for opportunities to help others and be someone else's power of "one".
So, I understand now what Power of One means. I've been living it and experiencing it my entire life and never knew. Until, this past Saturday when the Lord whispered it to me so I could share it with you. Why did I share this? So now you can go into the world and be someone else's Power of One. Also, thank those that where your Power of One through out your life. It is amazing what one person whose heart and soul is in the right place can do to change a life .
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