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年青并且怀了孕的她已经别无选择了。来到单亲妈妈之家时，她一点也不感到兴奋，她准备独力承担抚养责任，至少她是这样说。在伪装出来的无所谓的外表背后，是一个渴望的心灵，渴望拥有家庭、拥有一栋允许小孩子玩耍的带花园的房屋，还有一个爱她的丈夫。她想得到快乐，她想得到电影剧本告诉她可以获得的一切。

然而当故事并没有按着她的期望发展时，她有了新的发现。她发现了耶稣的爱，耶稣对她的计划与她自己所期望的不一样。当她开始听信和改变，她便明白快乐和喜乐是不同的。当她让神带领她时，她便开始体验到神正在把喜乐赐给她。主不变的护理和权能，将帮助她度过作单亲妈妈的日子，祂也成为她建立新家庭的根基。

这也适用我们每一个人。我们越习惯朝着信心的方向走，打开我们的眼睛和心门，求神带领我们，我们便越能在主不变的护理和权能中找到喜乐。我们被鼓励在现实中过好每一天的生活，并且不再以童话故事为梦想了。

She was young and pregnant and out of options. When she arrived at the home for single moms, she was not thrilled and wanted to take on the world alone. Or at least that is what she said. Beneath the façade was someone who longed for a family, a house with a yard for kids to play in, and a husband who would love her. She wanted happiness. She wanted all that the movies told her was possible.

When that story wasn't working out the way she expected, she discovered something different. She learned that Jesus loved her and that his plan for her was different from what she had thought. She started to listen and change, and she discovered there was a difference between happiness and joy. She began to realize, as she let God lead her, that he was giving her joy. The Lord's steadfast care and strength would get her through the days of being a single mom. It became the foundation that her new family would build on.

This is true for all of us. The more we head in the direction of faith with our eyes and heart open, asking God to guide us, the more we find joy in the Lord's steadfast care and strength. We find encouragement to live into our real life today and to set fairytale dreams aside.