Just sharing something else I wrote back in 2011... Never Give Up! July 13, 2011 at 11:42am For we walk by faith, not by sight ~ 2 Corinthians 5:7 I use to tell God from a young age “I know I’m only going through this because you have big plans for me later” It kept my sanity through the years. Even as a very little girl praying was my way of reaching for my “closet friend”. I believe that our response to what happens in our life is more important than what happens. I say this because I been a fighter my entire life, don’t get me wrong there have been times in my life that it seemed too much to bare. Pain and suffering can leave you mentally and physically “tired” so tired that you can’t even cry no more, whew Lord I have been there! But its times like that I come out fighting with everything I got left inside of me. In adversity there is STRENGTH! I remember reading a quote once by “Poet” Tupac that said See what I see when I close my eyes and itd make you crazy. How many of us can relate to this? Suffering has touched all of us in one way or another. There is familiarity in “pain” almost a kinship of sorts with our fellow man. So always know you are NOT alone, somebody some place is on their knees crying out to God just like you. That is why compassion is important and showing love to others, because you never know what somebody is going through, everybody has a “story”. It was a time in my life during an illness that I would fall asleep with the bible opened to the book of Job on my chest, I would read “his story” every night and it gave me the fight I needed to make it another day. You see, I knew that if Job could go through all that and still never curse God who was I to do so. I felt a “kinship” with Job because I knew he understood suffering. It was during that time that I realized it was the mission of the “dark-side” to take me out! I was a threat, because of my faith. God LOVED ME! In my life I may have been abused, suffered illness, lost loved ones, heartbroken, broke, lost possessions, mentally wounded but I’m still STANDING! I will never give up, quitting is not an option! There is a light at the end of the tunnel; there is happiness in every blessing I receive. I’m happy; I’m healthy again; I have a good job, a daughter who is the light of my life, a good man in my life who loves me, a roof over my head and food on my table. How great is that? That is not to say that I won’t experience “suffering” again, life has a way of doing that but life also have a way of helping you recover. So please family and friends no matter what you are going through God has not forgotten about you, your suffering is not ignored! Keep the FAITH!
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 18:31:43 +0000
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