"When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul." (Psalm 94:19)
"Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails." (Proverbs 19:21)
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast." (1 Peter 5:8-10)
Satan knows our weaknesses. He uses them against us to bring us further away from Christ. That's where I have been the past couples of weeks. Satan has been tearing me down, making me feel weak physically through sicknesses and exhaustion, mentally, and spiritually. I always struggle with depression, I always will. It is one of my weaknesses that the devil uses against me, but I won't let him win this battle. My God is so much greater, and in Him, I am restored. I am strong and I can do anything including beating my hard battles in life. I find my joy in God alone and I know that He has a plan that will outlast anything I can ever dream or imagine for my life. I thank God everyday for His power and His greatness.
2 comments:
Caryn, you are such a strong woman of God and so encouraging to me and many others. I love your blogs and this one especially hits home. We definitely all struggle and suffer, without always knowing why, but we know that our God is greater and our God stronger! Love you and pray for you!<3
So I really needed to read this right now because it really is true like the verse says "that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings" You may not realize this but I can relate..I was just reading this after completely having a meltdown(just in my head since it's late & I think everyone's asleep; plus I just have some issues with thinking negatively sometimes) but I always just have to bounce back up and know that God loves me and loves us all and the devil can't pull us down!Love you and I'll pray for you too!!
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