The real challenge of growth spiritually, mentally, emotionally comes when you get knocked down, pushed down, beat down. It is easy to have faith, be grateful, thank God when things are going well. Ironically though those are the times we don't talk much with God, and those are the times we tend to forget we had when life isn't going like we need it to go. We are quick to point fingers, to doubt, to become angry, to say things we don't mean, to hurt those closest to us. We start blaming God for our lot in life and we stop thanking Him for all the moments He provided us before, and fail to realize we have another day to influence the outcome that lies before us today. Sometimes I think about those moments where I said and did things I wish I hadn't. I can't say I regret them because regret doesn't change it. Accepting my shortcomings and my failure to be a good person, a grateful person, a blessed person is what's grounded me in reality. A reality that says we aren't perfect, but in God's eyes He already knows that, and in the eyes of those that know us best, so do they. Yet, in both those scenarios it is those people we live for and a God that died for us that we can lean on and realize we have so much more to give. That those moments of weakness can become our greatest moments of strength. That when we missed the opportunity to do good back then, we are here with an opportunity to do better now. These are the moments where our spiritual, mental, emotional strength reaches places we couldn't have reached if we didn't face the truth in who we are, what we have done, and all the things we are blessed with the opportunity to still do.
Believe in the Unbelievable that is YOU and my prayer for you today is that you allow yourself to accept that a miss today is not the end. It is the beginning, it is an opportunity, it is a moment where the influence of God can and should take hold of what we do next. It is a blessing that isn't coming in disguise, but rather coming head on at us allowing us to become better and to experience that growth we seek… Spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.
Have a blessed day everyone!
DC
"All things are possible if you believe." Mark 9:23
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