Don't Give Up!

Being a mother is hard.  Sometimes I wonder "will he ever learn this or when will he stop doing that?"  Every day is a struggle to remember that things will turn out alright.  It can be difficult to work in close proximity to a project with little results, and parenting is like one open ended project after another.  I love helping to develope someone's life, but it is not always lovely. After so much investment of time, energy, and/or money exhaustion starts to set in.  This is when my mind starts to wander  into places that exasperate me even more. In those times(and I almost have them every day) God says to take courage and don't give up.

 Life will try to ware us down because life is a test of what we believe and who we are, but you and I have the power to change our vantage point.  With God all things are possible, and adversity doesn't change that.  If I look at situations from the vantage point that the end is coming and that success is at the end then my posture straightens and my strength is renewed.  This is where scripture and positive imagery are very important. Someone said that every battle is won in the mind first. 

The Bible is riddled with scriptures that tell me what to think about and what great things are in store for me.  I can't give up because the race isn't give to the swift or strong but to him that endures til the end.  The end is coming and there is victory at the end for anyone who trusts in God and believes in the power of the death and resurrection of Christ.  Greater is he who is in us than he who is in the world.  We are more than conquorers in Christ Jesus who loves us.  Don't Give up!!!!

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