Living By Faith

Shortly, after delivering my son I could not speak. Perhaps it was out of depression, anxiety or just the pain of feeling different internally and externally. I suffered for a while even dropping out of High school to work and support my small child. After realizing that in my own efforts I will never be able to master poverty on my own I returned back to school and thankfully, the principal at that time allowed for me to be readmitted. We are living in a time where it is difficult to have peace due to suffering from job-loss, rising debt, working with low wages and so on. However, we must remember who God is and how God sees our troubles. Our God is our great witness and our advocate. The father will not allow you to endure something and not see to it that it is finished. The Bible says that our God is a ever present help in the time of need. God is the author and finisher of our faith. The father allowed the pregnancy to happen because it was all part of my story. Sometimes, we have to reflect and think about the end goal. What is the purpose of the suffering? What is the purpose of me enduring the disappointment?

The best thing you can do is pray and give God thanks. The Bible says my yoke is easy and my burden is light. When we are met with disappointment or endure periods of grief and despair we have to trust God. The scripture says “greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world”. As a believer we have to lean on the rock and give thanks unto all things.

In every thing give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18