In my own journey and walk with the Lord since I’ve started following Him and accepted Him as my personal Savior…I can tell ya that it has not been easy…it has been challenge after challenge…when I first started out, I backslide many, many times…you know I was that person whom was in and out, back and forth, up and down…I was the one whom really wasn’t there quit yet in my relationship with the Lord…and I really and honestly didn’t know Him…I went to church and prayed in what way I knew how to…but I wasn’t really hook, line and sinker so to speak….I was always told that God would forgive everything I did, and that He loved me no matter what I done or didn’t do…that He would always except me back..so I pretty much done my own thing…I wasn’t committed…until things got really bad for me..and I really desired a change..I went through a very long process of panic attacks, and I faced a lot of problems spiritually in my walk with God…I went through a lot of fear and dealt with that for over 10 years or so…I was the type of person whom always would seek out help from family and friends..but when all of this came it seemed that no one or nothing could help me..I didn’t find comfort as before in the things that they would say…so it was through those dark and lonely times…that I found Jesus…see I learned how to pray…and that when I would pray…Gods peace would rush and flood over me…but it wasn’t a one time prayer for me guys…it was a constant and daily prayer for me…because daily I was troubled and I was perplexed on every side…so some say I take this Jesus thing pretty serious and I would say to you, yes I do…because I’ve been on both sides of the fence and I know what it feels like…and I know that nothing can satisfy and or help you as Jesus Christ can and will….so yeah I say to people you get yourself serious with the Lord and the Lord will get serious with you….for you see God does things in which we can never understand and there are many times through all of them struggles that I didn’t at all understand…and I would get angry..and I would get upset…and I would get weary from trying and weary from praying..because I never seen or even felt a change..but the Lord gave me strength to endure..and I had a praying husband, and family and friends whom lifted my name up to my Father who is in heaven…so it was through those times that God almighty changed me…He changed me drastically and the Lord became my best friend…for He alone is my everything…cause I can’t nor would I ever want to let go of Him…for He is the best thing that has ever happened to me and my family…so back to all the things I did…I as well come to understand that God tells us to go and sin no more..John 8:11..and I came to understand that God says He would rather for me to either be hot or cold, but not to be lukewarm, for He says He would rather spew me out from His mouth..Revelation 3:16….and I began to understand that He shelters us from that ole evil one..Psalm 27:5…and that He fights our battles for us..2 Chronicles 20:17…and sometimes that the prayers in which we pray aren’t immediately answered…but I’ve come to encourage someone today, that God hears you…and that the Lord will answer you…so please don’t give up asking, seeking and searching out the Lord…because it will and it does it get better…as I said maybe not overnight…but with much determination and persistence…your life will change..and it will change dramatically…when you come out of whatever it is that you are facing you will honestly not be the same person in whom it was the went into that problem…so please don’t grow weary in your well doing…Galatians 6:9….for the Lord hears…and the Lord loves you….and He is close the bible says to the broken hearted and He binds up our wounds..Psalm 147:3…every single one of them…so keep on keeping on…living right everyday of your life…delighting yourself in Jesus for He says He will give us our hearts desires..Psalm 37:4…and God is not man that He would lie…Numbers 23:19.. if He has said it then you better believe that He will do it…so I pray you receive this word…In Jesus’ name!!! Amen and Amen!!! Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi… and P.S Once again guys, always be kinder than necessary for everyone we will ever meet is fighting some kind of battle… so give love, and share love, to all not few…Amen and Amen!!!