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think everyone has “those” Moments. Sometimes they come up at 4:00 on
any given Tuesday when we least expect them, when we wonder, “Am I going
to make it?” Not just make it through a health challenge .. and that is
immense. Not just through a troubling incident in a relationship …and
that is heartache. Not just through a financial challenge .. and that
can feel desperate .. But make it as a spiritual being, and come
through, into our own. That sense of being OK with God and OK with
ourselves.
I don’t know how we get through the things we get through. When I look back at my own life experience there were times I got through things that right now I don’t know how I did it.
Mary Kay Ash, who founded a tremendous empire, said, “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” It is a matter of personal decision, believing that. Don’t be discouraged if some people ~ even people who say they love you ~ say that you’re not going to make it, because they don’t know.
I don’t know how we get through the things we get through. When I look back at my own life experience there were times I got through things that right now I don’t know how I did it.
Mary Kay Ash, who founded a tremendous empire, said, “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.” It is a matter of personal decision, believing that. Don’t be discouraged if some people ~ even people who say they love you ~ say that you’re not going to make it, because they don’t know.
For some crazy reason, you begin to realize that you’re going to make it; you must
make it. Maybe, the tension of getting through difficulties helped
bring you to the point of realizing there’s got to be more. It is a
decision point. It means that we have got to step out on faith when it
may not look like we have anything to stand on.
I love the story of Peter, who steps out on the water, and for a few steps he’s going all right – then he looks down. He sees the storm and the waves and starts to sink. He cries out, “Help me, I’m sinking!”
Do you know what that’s like? I do.
I love the story of Peter, who steps out on the water, and for a few steps he’s going all right – then he looks down. He sees the storm and the waves and starts to sink. He cries out, “Help me, I’m sinking!”
Do you know what that’s like? I do.
We know that immediately, Jesus reached for his hand and pulled him up. Well, this is what I love. When I think I’m out of faith and out of ideas, out of time, out of possibilities and out of dreams that moment arrives when a hand reaches out for me. I hear, “You’re going to make it. In fact, you have made it. Let me guide you.”
How does it come to us? I don’t know. We have to remember that we’re not alone. I think that’s a big part of it.Like that senior spirit who says to the seaman climbing to crow’s nest for the very first time, “Don’t look down. You can make it.”
What a wonderful post, Myra; and so inspiring. Yes we often wonder whether we will make it ... and sometimes we forget that Jesus is right beside us to help us through any difficulty.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure who will be more surprised when I make it to Heaven - me or God?
God bless.
This is so true, and I am living proof, that reaching out to take His hand, will keep me attached to The Rock. Without that anchor, that I reached for over and over the last 11 months, I would not be typing this here. I have sunk to drowning, over and over for months, and each time I cried out I am sinking, he lifted me out of the waves. I felt like I was on the Titanic, or in a tunnel that the light at the end of the tunnel was a racing train headed right for me.. I am now righted and upright and feeling better. Will it happen again? Of course it will... That is LIFE for us humans
ReplyDeleteThis is so good and goes with our message at church yesterday. We were reminded that we Christians need to be encouraging each other.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Very encouraging words here, Myra. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post and sharing it here.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
When the rope runs out, He catches us.
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