So last night I was sharing with a friend the most recent events within my family. A second divorce and this one of 17 years. She proceeded to share with me other friends of hers who have had family tragedies over the last month and a half. Her comment that tied them all together was, "Every thing's going to hell!"
Really? I don't agree. I believe that sin is very real in this fallen world. I believe that Satan has a grand time messing with people's lives. But Satan doesn't get to determine the outcome of the things I'm going through. I've always been a cup-half-full kind of person. There are great things in store for our lives.
Don't think I haven't had my trials. I've been through two parent divorces, the deaths of my Aunt, cousin, and grandparents, depression, and difficultly with life direction. And those are just the obvious things.
I CHOOSE HOPE!
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandone; struck down, but not destroyed.
I love you, girl! You are so right, we have to chose HOPE. But it's hard sometimes, especially when we are staring adversity in the face.
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