The Trials
At times, the trials can become overwhelming. The people you thought you could count on are nowhere to be found. Life seems to be taking you around in circles where disaster after another is coming for you. You want to run and hide, but something on the inside of you is telling you to hold on.
The family you thought would always be there for support and always by your side has turned their backs on you. You feel like you are in a bubble, isolated from the world, crying out for help, but no one seems to hear your cry. You don’t know much more you can take before calling it quits, but that small voice is still urging you to push through.
The Storms
Can you believe the thought coming from the inside of you? Are you strong enough to weather this storm without fainting? The storm is raging all around you. Loved ones are dying. Bills are piling up. Medical reports are coming in with bad news, but something is still telling you to hold on.
You want to believe in the small voice speaking on the inside of you, but life is telling you something else. You seek the strength you once possessed, but it seems it has left you to fight alone; not knowing where to turn, you think about running. Will running away from the problems solve anything you ask, knowing it won’t? Anything is better than this, you think as you begin to wonder.
Overcomer
I know I can overcome this; I have done it before. So, what makes these trials and storms so different? I know I don’t walk alone, and I know the small voice that I am hearing, but maybe I don’t want to fight anymore. It seems the more I fight, the stronger the opposition becomes. Am I truly built to walk this path? I know the answer, but I had to ask it anyway.
This life was chosen for me because I am strong enough to handle it. I may waver from time to time, but I know that I am not walking alone; no matter what the negative thoughts planted by the enemy try to paint in my head, I know that I am an overcomer, and I will overcome this as I listen to the small voice encouraging me to go on.
Encouragement
I know that many individuals are experiencing difficult moments and battling overwhelming situations. I want to encourage you that those trials and tribulations are only temporary.
At the moment, it may seem like everything is falling apart, and that’s when you need faith in God to keep moving no matter what things look like. God never promised that life would be easy on Earth.
Just like Jesus had to suffer, we, too, will have our share of suffering. We must remember to endure and give our weaknesses to God, for when we are weak, He is strong.
These storms of life are temporary, so I encourage you to hold on and trust that God is making a way when it seems like there is no way for things to get better. You must feed your faith and starve your fear, knowing these trials and tribulations will not last forever.
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