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"let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful." hebrews 10:23

live for others. make a difference.

"sometimes things just don't work out."
If life was only full of ups, where would the challenge in life be?
If life promised a continuous stream of flowing happiness, how would we ever learn to pursue, to press on, to persevere?
If life gave you all you wished for, when would we learn to give up and give in? To surrender?

God never put us on earth to soak up joy and whiz, dance, bounce about in the name of fun. He did not give us life on earth for our enjoyment, nor for us to waste away to play. No, life is not about us nor our desires. It's all about finding your God-given purpose and going all the way to make the best out of what you can do to fulfill it. To do everything for God, with God, in God, to glorify Him with all your deeds and commit your WHOLE life into His hands. To surrender to the Maker and let His hands lead you, to acknowledge that the Creator of the universe knows best, to humble yourselves in His Sovereign name and say,"God, it's not You for me, but me for You."

"It's hard."
Everyone says that. I'm not an exception. But hard? What's hard? Hard has NEVER been defined as "impossible". Why not push yourself out from the mud, brush off the dirt and move on? Doesn't that sound so much more appealing than struggling around in the icky, sticky, gooey, squelchy, yucky brown mud and gulping down mouthful after mouthful of that mud with every line of "I give up! I CAN'T DO THIS!" And every tear you cry only liquifies the mud more, in which you will sink deeper.
Where's the faith? Where has your hope gone to? Why not believe?
If you would just open your eyes and look around and realise that everywhere around you are chances, are people who wouldn't give up on you, who still have hope in you. If only you would learn to forgive yourself and admit that no one's perfect. If only you would believe that out of bad always comes good.

Sometimes things just don't work out. Sometimes, God wants you to stop blindly running toward nothingness and focus on the right goal instead. Sometimes you need to turn around.
"For we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28

That much said, it's also not that God is a selfish sadist and is only out to steal all your happiness away and leave you as a miserable wretch. Everything happens for a reason, no? And likewise, God lets everything happen for a reason too. He does not GIVE us suffering, but ALLOWS suffering. And the pain which you suffer during the trial may be too overwhelming to let you find a single thing good about it. But
as soon as the worst is over you can make it all make sense. (Run to me, Clay Aiken)
After every storm, the sun re-appears. Weather the storm with the hope of seeing the sun again. A mere glimpse though it might be, don't ever let go. Run with faith, hope and courage, knowing that brighter days will come and then you will look back with pride knowing that you survived another ginormous blow, and have come out stronger, ready for more obstacles ahead. Not only so, but it is then that you will look back and realise why there was anything great about the seemingly pitch black abyss in which you were unstoppably falling.

"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4

SMILE! Have some faith! Brighten your eyes and rejuvenate your energy. If only one struggle gets you down, how miserable a life you will lead. No, God never promised an easy life, but neither did He promise a meaningless life full of torture and heartbreak.

as soon as you get that feeling, run to Me.

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I wanna be the kind of person who uses failure to push me on.

thanks, fiona, for the inspiring poem (: