that Endurance will have set in. re you at a place or season in your life where it feels uncertain? Maybe the walls have caved in, and you are bothered, worried, frustrated, or angry. You are the one who is supposed to be able to control the temperature set in the room but, from one minute to the next it is cold and then hot. It is emotionally draining and exhausting causing you to lose stability. Your thoughts may be racing down memory lane of the past. You feel as though there were some unresolved issues or lost a job, struggling financially, single parent, lost a loved one and can’t help but to wonder where is God in all of this? Does he see what I am going through? Can he see that the pain is too much to bear? Where is He and what is the root cause of this? What is the lesson I am supposed to learn in the trial or hardship? A All of these are good questions that most of us seek and want answers to. As an example, a few friends and I decided to start attending a workout class at the gym as well as two to three days of having a personal trainer. Now in the beginning I had my mind made up. I was all for it and agreed to the plan. Let me explain I started off in the workout class at my pace nice and steady. When it came to meeting up with a trainer. The trainer didn’t come to play you had to work hard to see the results and remain consistent with a series of circuit training. Circuit training is several exercises with a mixture of cardio and strengthening to get you in a routine of targeting specific muscle groups with minimal rest between. Why is it that the beginning stages of starting is the hardest!? The first few days to a week I was out of breath, out of shape, struggling to continue. It was painful, it hurt, I was tired, I pushed hard and asked myself how are you feeling? Even though the pain was uncomfortable two or three months from now I had to remember from a whole new perspective In all circumstances of what you’re experiencing in life God has a purpose for the pain. He wants to prune you, prepare, and equip you, turn your mess into a message for His Kingdom and His Glory. You may not understand it now but in due time all will prevail. In the Bible MSG version: Romans 8:26-28 MSG “Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.” Deuteronomy 31:6 MSG ““Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t give them a second thought because God, your God, is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you.”” Continue to trust in God even when you cannot trace him. Be blessed! (PHOTO) By Author Donnetta Austin Amazon “Never Retire God” Email be.encouragedbyone@gmail.com 17
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