I think I prefer the original quote..........
"Time flies when you are having fun" .......alittle more than my title... but the truth is life isn't always fun!
The last few weeks have been crazy here. Tim was laid off at the end of February for the eighth time in four years, I pulled some ligaments in my foot, our van broke, and I started having major back issues and was out of commission for almost three weeks, Emily dropped a trailer hitch on her foot and Ashley started running a fever late Saturday. And that was just MARCH!
WOW OH WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a month! It is really easy during difficult times to become overwhelmed and discouraged and grouchy. I'd love to say that during all the month of March my outlook was perfect and I never once experienced any of these feelings, but since lying is a sin I can't do that :-D
Truth is I experienced them all! Life is tough and sometimes honestly it gets the best of me. Most of the time when I get discouraged it is because I focus on the temporary situation instead on The timeless Savior.
Everything that happened in March was temporary, and we survived just fine. It wasn't pleasant and at time it seemed like it was never gonna end. The bottom line is difficult times serve a purpose just like pleasant times. Diamonds are just lumps of coal until it's placed under major pressure! Sometimes we don't really find out what is on the inside until pressure is applied, our faith is strengthened during difficulty in a way that can't happen during easy times.
Sometimes during tough times it is easy to be tricked by what is not true, because satan is very good at his job,which is to discourage and deceive. It is during these times we must remember to cling to what God taught before the storm began.
Truth doesn't change! God's Word gives truth to cling to during difficult times. Here are a few of my favorites...............
Jer 29:11 "For I know the thought that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you and expected end."
Psalm 16:1 "Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalm 25:5 "Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou are the God of my salvation: on thee do I wait all the day."
Matthew 12:20 " A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgement unto victory"
Matthew 11:29 "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."
I hope that if you are having a tough time you find comfort in the same place I do, God's Word.
Hang in there, and remember this too shall pass........
