Challenges

I have to tell you all that over the last two weeks I've faced some pretty hard challenges.   I'm pursuing my degree on Communications and I'm almost there.  I have 20 more credit hours to go. Along with school, I work a full time job, full time ministry, husband, and 4 children. I've had finals, baseball games, recital pictures, illness, etc. My life is busy to say the least.  Sometimes it gets harder than usual, sometimes I get worn out, and sometimes I can't see my way through.  That's when life itself becomes a challenge.

Challenges seem like they come to throw you off, get you off track, but I encourage you today to think about the hurdles in your life differently.  God implored me to take a second look at what I was going through, and then He told me they wouldn't take me out... the test, trials, hurdles,  challenges I face would make me better.  Yes, you read right!  Without Jesus those things would have killed you, kept you in poverty, depression, and bandage. But you have everthing you need with God.  And so do I.

When I started to see my challenges differently, instead of dreading them and feeling defeated, I rose to the challenge. I looked at the situations in my life and I thought about every other challenge that God has brought me out of and found strength  and peace in the trust I have that He can bring me out of these situations too!  The Word of God tells us to "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding".  Trust is the key! Trust that the challenge is not what you are facing. The real challenge is to trust God and rely on Him no matter good times or bad, because He has a plan for you!  Do that, succeed in that, and you can conquer everything else that comes your way. Just keep the faith and stay trusting Jesus!

God Bless U