I just felt to try and encourage someone today. I am not very good with words, so I will just post some things that other people have said...
“When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.” – Unknown
“If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.” – Flavia Weedn
“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
“You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.” – Joel Osteen
“Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
“What defines us is how well we rise after falling.” – Unknown
“At any given moment you have the power to say: This is not how the story is going to end.” – Christine Mason Miller
“Let your faith be bigger than your fears.” – Unknown
“Don’t let your struggles become your identity.” – Unknown
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius
"The struggle you're in today, is developing the strength you need for tomorrow. Don't give up." - Robert Tew
I know there are a lot of people out there who struggle on a daily basis - whether it be with the same thing, or something different each day. Every one has a "besetting sin" in their life that they have to fight and struggle with. The Bible says, and I am sure EVERY ONE OF YOU have heard this, that God will NOT put on us more than we can bare. I have heard that. I have read that. And, honestly, my first thought is.... "well, what about those who have committed suicide? Why did they kill themselves if they could have handled what life was dealing them?" The Bible never tells us that dealing with the problems in life will be easy, it just tells us that God won't put on us more than we can bare. I understand that a lot of what people have gone through before committing suicide was not "easy"...but, in the end, they just took matters into their own hands. The lesson each one of us has to learn in life is to trust God...with everything. Trust that He is taking us THROUGH our situation for a very good reason. A main reason being...yep, you guessed it.........to help someone else in the future! Think about this for a moment, you are going through a horrible situation in life and you decide you can't go on. What is going to happen to that person in the future that God is planning on YOU helping? You gotta stop thinking about yourself, and start thinking about others. That is a lesson that took me a looooong time to learn! If you wanna stop feeling depressed and you wanna start enjoying life on a daily basis...get your eyes off of your own troubles and get them on to GOD and others (not others problems...those are none of your business, just focus on HELPING others)! You can say, "But, Tiffany, you have no idea what I am going through..." I know. You're right. I don't. But God does. The Bible says that there is no respect of persons with God. The Bible also says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever! It doesn't matter what you're going through...God wants to help you. Each one of you. Period. So you just gotta focus your eyes on Jesus...and everything else will fall into place. Love all of you and pray God's peace AND joy in your life!!!! God bless :)
