Sometimes life seems too hard to deal with.

Sometimes life seems too hard to deal with.

September 1, 2024

Sometimes life seems too hard to deal with. Sometimes you just want to say, “I need to sit down and take a break from this thing called life.” But that is not how life works. When life hits you in the gut and knocks the breath out of you the only thing you can do is to keep putting one foot in front of the other and weather the storm. Life is life! Romans 5:1-5 tells us, “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our LORD Jesus the Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit which has been given to us.” It does not matter what life throws our way. When we remember that God is with us in all situations and circumstance giving us the strength and courage we need to face each obstacle, we can continue on this journey call life. Because we know we have the strength to face each moment of every day. God Bless. Amen.

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