“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.” — Anne Frank
THE BEST IS YET TO COME! Yes, the mindset that a single parent must digest and believe with every ounce of our being. You must verbalize it. Believe it and walk in it. When it’s 2:00 a.m. and you are mentality and emotionally exhausted from being the only one comforting, encouraging, and correcting your children. The Best is YET to come. When you are deciphering between what bills to pay and feeling overwhelmed, don’t get discouraged: The best is Yet to Come! When you are stretched with doctor appointments, your child’s emotional and academic challenges, finding childcare and figuring it all out: The best is yet to come!
The Best is Yet to Come Origin
According to research, there is no clear indication of when this popular idiom was used for the first time. However, it has gained traction since the song “The best is yet to come” was recorder by Tony Bennet in 1958. The word yet means up to and including now. Thus, the phrase means that the best has not come but it will.
What does “The Best is Yet to Come” mean exactly? It means that whatever is happening now will be surpassed by something better in the future. It means that the best things have not come, but it will.
Example Sentences as it relates to parenting:
- I am glad that you are enjoying your noodles, but the best is yet to come.
- Being a single parent has been tough, but I know that the best is yet to come.
- I have only managed to save $8.00 a month, but God promises that the best is yet to come.
- The days may all seem mundane and you have not smiled in days, but the best is yet to come.
I want to encourage you to believe and to know that no matter your situation: The Best is Yet to Come.
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If you’re unemployed or you hate your job, you must believe that your career will take off eventually, you’ll get one step closer to your dream job or you’ll finally muster up the courage to follow your passion or find your calling. The Best is yet to come!
If you’ve been living in depression and darkness because of a personal tragedy, or hard single parenting days, you must believe that there is a way out, that there is more to life than despair, that hope still exists and you must dig deeper to find it. The Best is yet to come!
We were never promised an easy life and we weren’t taught how to deal with life’s setbacks in school, marriages, but we can teach ourselves how to survive, we can choose to see the silver lining when life gets hard. The Best is yet to come!
Because if we just open ourselves to the possibility that maybe all the bad times are part of the lessons, we must learn to pass the test, to see the light, to believe in magic, then maybe we can find it.
How do you hang on until the best does come? Focus in on these 4 Areas:
FOCUS #1 – Control your use of time
Mother Theresa: “You can do what I cannot do. I can do what you cannot do. Together we can do great things.”
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
FOCUS #2 – Create a Healthy Environment
How clean is your environment? What does your home look like? Declutter and be sure you use all-natural products that are non-toxin.
FOCUS #3- Set Parental and Family Goals God designed you (parents) to be the FIRST and most important role models
Psalms 78:1-6 (NLT) O my people, listen to my instructions. instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, (2) for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past (3) stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. (4) We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. (5) For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, (6) so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children.
FOCUS #4 – Be the Role Model you Expect
Show your children how to respond and not to react. How to pray and not complain. How to be the solution and not the problem. How to problem solve and how to speak change over their lives with their words. Model it for them.
Psalms 78:7-8 (NLT) So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. (8) Then they will not be like their ancestors stubborn, rebellious, and unfaithful, refusing to give their hearts to God.
Philippians 3:20-21 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, (21) who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
Focus on being a better version of you. Ask God to give you strength and a renewed mindset to win. Allow your children to see that no matter how today looks…THE BEST IS YET TO COME Mom’s!
Dr. Shelia Truelove is a philanthropist at heart and believes in motivating and equipping others to become their very best. Divorced for nine years, Dr. Truelove is the proud mother of 10 year old twin daughters and an 11 year old son. Some of the most notable accomplishments achieved have been as a single mother. When she completed her Doctoral Degree, her twins were 4 years old and her son was 5. When she completed her first published children’s book entitled, “I CAN WIN,” her twins were 8 years old and her son was 9. The one source of her strength is that of God. Her overall mission is to empower other single moms to raise God-fearing, hope filled, and prosperous children in spite of any challenges faced. For more information, visit drsheliatruelove.com.
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