Trusting Him

So this year, the hills and valleys I’ve experienced, have taught me some incredible things. The years leading up to this year since 2016, have been incredibly rough. From losing our home in the flood of 2016, to losing our mother in 2018, to losing our grandmother this year in 2021. I would’ve said my faith was unshakable. In these last few years, I have experienced loss, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and a great deal of pain. Somewhere in this journey, I wandered away from my faith. I began to rely on my self, and my own strengths. Obviously that only got me so far for several reasons. I stopped surrendering my burdens and pain to Jesus, and I started holding on to them. I will never make that mistake again. I urge this to you guys, from the bottom of my heart. NEVER stop giving it to Jesus. NEVER stop trusting in him. This year, following the loss of my Grandmother, I was forced into the next biggest change. Now? I’ve finally got my hope back. I’m moving on. I’ve learned how God works in mysterious ways, and how to share my testimony for the Glory of the King. In the end, I know it was him that was with me all along, keeping me around a little longer, and a little longer. I know I have a purpose now, and I bet that makes the devil very angry! You have a purpose, and your neighbor has a purpose. Guys, our God is so incredibly powerful. I’ve faced some of the hardest things some people face in a lifetime, over 16 years. I made it. You can too. There are so many things that come off as impossible to bear, and it’s so easy to say “I can’t.” God doesn’t promise easy. He promises a way. That’s enough for someone who’s been in a place where a way out, isn’t easy to find. God has broken my chains, delivered me from sin and sorrow, and given me hope to take a new path.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
‭‭John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭