Your circumstances may be what you envisioned, but they are no obstacle for God. Paul learned that God was fully capable to reveal Himself, not only in the expected places, but in that which was unexpected as well. As you exercise your faith, as you rest, trusting in Him, do what Christ would do in your circumstances. Unbelief will flee as you become Christlike in the crisis. God will turn your setback into a setup that releases destiny -Francis Frangipane It used to be a custom for travelers in Switzerland, to bring home clusters of the edelweiss. The flower is not sought because of its beauty or for its fragrance, but in recognition of its bravery and victoriousness in living and blooming under hard conditions. It grows on the Alps and Pyrenees, at lofty altitudes, where almost nothing else lives, and on crags difficult to access, and is among the hardiest of all plants. Thus the edelweiss becomes the symbol of noble life which endures hardness, which is victorious amid antagonisms, which rises superior to obstacles.
The man never known a hardship, who never has had to practice self-denial, or make a personal sacrifice may be the envy of other men whose lives have beenone continued struggle. They may think that if they could have had his easy circumstances, they could have made a great deal more of their life. But really, their chance in life thus far, has been far better his. Manhood (maturity) is attained in the field of struggle and hardship, not in ways of ease and luxury.
When Jesus asked His two ambitious disciples if they were ableto drink the cup He was about to drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which He was baptized, they said promptly, "we are able." Their heroic answer furnishesva noble motto for every phase of life. What ever it be to sorrow or to joy, we should say in quiet confidence, "I am able." This is a good motto for life in general. Too many people shrink feom anything which is hard. They want only easy tasks. They fear to grapple with difficulties. They attempt nothing which they know they cannot do easily. They never grow into strenght, for only in attempting hard things can one gain the ability to do things noble and beautiful. The habit of giving up easily is fatal one. It weakens the will, paralyzes the energy, and stunts the growth of the life. What a man thinks he cannot do, he cannot do. The true man is he who can do things which are impossible. Anybody can do possible things. God has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our life through, God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God has promised strenght for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way; grace for the trials. Help from above, unfailling sympathy, undying love -Anon Extracted from Christian Women Mirror. Follow me for more on mortalnews24.
When Jesus asked His two ambitious disciples if they were ableto drink the cup He was about to drink, and to be baptized with the baptism with which He was baptized, they said promptly, "we are able." Their heroic answer furnishesva noble motto for every phase of life. What ever it be to sorrow or to joy, we should say in quiet confidence, "I am able." This is a good motto for life in general. Too many people shrink feom anything which is hard. They want only easy tasks. They fear to grapple with difficulties. They attempt nothing which they know they cannot do easily. They never grow into strenght, for only in attempting hard things can one gain the ability to do things noble and beautiful. The habit of giving up easily is fatal one. It weakens the will, paralyzes the energy, and stunts the growth of the life. What a man thinks he cannot do, he cannot do. The true man is he who can do things which are impossible. Anybody can do possible things. God has not promised skies always blue, flower-strewn pathways all our life through, God has not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God has promised strenght for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way; grace for the trials. Help from above, unfailling sympathy, undying love -Anon Extracted from Christian Women Mirror. Follow me for more on mortalnews24.
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