life isn't all about being what you want to be or being where you want to be in any stage in life...
desires and setting goals are not bad...
but most of life is the journey to get there...
thinking you will finally be happy when IT happens will cause you a lot of grief along the way...
learn to be happy no matter where you are...
that doesn't mean you are "settling for less"...
it means you trust God's plan...
I didn't plan on having to use a wheelchair...
but I am thrilled to have it...
it gets me from point A to point B...
and I can do this because I trust God...
I didn't plan on being in so much pain daily...
but it keeps me humble...
and close to God...
He didn't put me here to knock me down...
I am here because He lifted me UP...
so if you're somewhere you don't want to be...
look around and see what you need to learn...
what He wants you to do...
you are where you are for a reason...
and know that you are being blessed in this season...
look for the blessings...
they are many...
As a young woman I sat by my 5 year old son's bed in the hospital as he struggled to live. He had developed juvenile diabetes. I was desperate and in the middle of the night turned to God in His Word. The Bible opened to me at Psalm 27 "I would have despaired if I did not believe to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord. Be strong and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait on the Lord." He has never failed me. My son is still alive at 48 years old. He is married and has 2 sons of his own. God is faithful and He wants us to live! Jesus bore our sicknesses and diseases on the cross. Isaiah 53 says, "By His stripes (the torture they put Him through) we are healed. I proclaim that daily as I take communion in remembrance. I am naming you before Him also, Tete. You are His child!
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