“You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised” (Heb 10:36-37).
It’s so easy tojust give up, don’t try, don’t bother, sweep it under the rug, pretend it’s not there, look the other way than to just simply….try.
Remember what it was like trying to learn how to read for the first time? The words were unfamiliar; The markings were just scribbles that held meaning to someone, but not for us and we try to sound out the words but that little voice in the back of our head, kept telling us…why try.
“Give it up”
“It’s too hard”
“No fun”
Remember though, when you had that first major breakthrough and you realize you could read, but then there were the big kids books. “Oh wow,” you’ll never go there, but you did, maybe not today, but eventually you did.
Remember the feeling?
We live in a society where everything is fast and easy. If it takes time and effort, it’s too hard and not worth it but then we look in awe at those who do take the hard way and accomplish the impossible but then we tell ourselves, we can’t do that.
That’s not us.
We’re just not like that.
Then we fall into the “I wish” mode.
The holidays are coming up and it’s a reminder of how bless we are that we could when many thought we couldn’t.
Remember the Pilgrims?
I wondered how many of their family members waved them off goodbye and when the ships were out of sight, started chuckling that they weren’t going to make it because it was “too hard” and they had to “start from scratch”.
Granted, they didn’t have an easy go of things and they didn’t have big turkeys sitting on their table like we do today, but they still pushed forward and perserve.
There are no picture perfect stories and we may not always feel like there is a happy ending but the truth is that there is; If we have faith in our Heavenly Father and more than just sitting around, twiddling our thumbs, but have that active faith in Him and realizing that sometimes things do work out through and in Him but it’s a matter of perspective.
Things do happen but not often how we want it to happen or want to control how to happen, but what we are willing to give and do.
What we may keep seeing as close opportunities are really just possiblities for new opportunities.
It was comforting to read a devotion about hinderances and just realize that sometimes, we can’t expect everything to always happen in OUR time frame and definition. God IS perfect and will always deliver us but just not the way WE want to define and control it.
Happiness and prosperity does exist under our Heavenly Father but it takes being willing to give up trying to define it by how WE want to see it and how the world wants to define it.
There are a lot of things to be grateful, this Thanksgiving and not for anything material; Material comes and goes, but a life and faith in and through our Heavenly Father is forever.
Next time you feel like giving up, take an extra deep breathe and go to God; Call to Him; Talk to Him; Ask HIM to show you and open your heart and mind to what He has to say and not try to excuse everything as to hard, to difficult, no way.
Maybe He is just redirecting you to something different and in the meantime, wants you to use this time, this break to seek Him, call to Him and allow Him to lead you.
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Wonderful devotion about perseverance and thanksgiving! Timely! Great post, Twinkle Mom!
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