breathe.

the quote, "when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through" is a concept that has always stuck with me since the first time i read it. think about that. we all have the struggles in our life that constantly sit in the front of our mind. that come to mind every time someone asks, "how are you?" because they weigh heavily on how we are. in the grand scheme of things, it could be something seemingly small, such as a phone call you've been waiting for. or, it could be something life-changing, like a fight you've been having with someone you love dearly. but no matter how big or small it is "in the grand scheme of things," to you, it's everything. it consumes your thoughts. it consumes your emotions. it can even consume your life. that thing, that unwavering struggle, can last a week, or it can last years. no matter how long the length, it always seems like forever.

but what about when that week or year is up? what about when that thing that has taken what seemed like everything out of you is over?


this is a beautiful time.
this is a time of healing. a time of joy. a time of praise. a time of victory. a time of peace.


i don't know where you are in life. i don't know what struggles you have. i don't know if you life is filled with more laughter or more tears. but i do know that there is always hope. 


we will always have troubles, we are promised that. but we are also promised that the Lord will be faithful to be by our side every step of the way. we are promised that He knows better than we do. we are promised that we will learn, we will grow, and we will be better because of our struggles. 


we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us [romans five:three-five].

REJOICE!

I see the loving, striving, not the defects. I see the conquest of your particular battle. I count it as victory, a glad victory.

I do not compare it with the strenuous campaigns of My great saints.

for you it is victory, and the angels rejoice, and your dear ones rejoice, as much as at any conquest noted, and rejoiced over, by Heaven.

My children, count the days of conquest as very blessed days.

[god calling].