Discouraged

Do you ever get discouraged? Oh I do! Some days I walk around with my head all hung low like I just lost my best good friend. Some days I take the blows of life as though I'm in the tenth round of the match and I'm absolutely worn out. It is as if I have nothing left to give.

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And on those days I beg for a word. A good word. A firm word. A word that can get me through the next trial, the next tribulation. A word that can get me through the next punch. And that is where Psalm 115:4-9 comes in..."God is higher than anything and anyone, outshining everything you can see in the skies. Who can compare with God, our God, so majestically enthroned, surveying his magnificent heavens and earth? He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who've been thrown out with the trash, seats them among the honored guests, a place of honor among the brightest and best. He gives childless couples a family, gives them joy as the parents of children. Hallelujah!"

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Wow! I don't know about you but when I read that I all but wanted to jump out of my seat shouting! There are days, weeks, months and sometimes even years when you just need a break. You just need some sun to shine through the clouds and the rain to stop just a little bit. But through every misbehaved child, unpaid bill, leaky roof, broken down car, lost job, marital argument, infertility, overdrawn bank account, lost friendship, court fine, blown tire there is something more. God is higher than anything! For every punch that you feel hit your stomach just remember that the initial blow was softened for you. Jesus took the full brunt of the blow when he died on that cross!

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Life here on Earth isn't going to be easy and it surely isn't going to be easy as a Christian but the thing that we must all remember is that our inheritance is on the other side. We tell our children time and time again that they have to go through the tough times to be able to recognize the good times but as adults we often forget that. If we didn't go through the rain we surely couldn't enjoy the rainbows.