Life is one of them things that honestly none of us can explain..we don’t know why things happen in the way that they do..we don’t understand a whole lot about life in general..but one thing I do know that we all know and that is that God is great!..Amen..and that God’s ways are completely and forever perfect..so we as children of the Lord never give up and we never give in..no matter what life throws our way..we keep getting up and moving forward..we keep kneeling before the throne of God knowing that it is from the Lord that we get the help and strength it is that were needing in that moment of fear and desperation..Psalm 121:1-2..for you see God’s ways are not our ways..for the bible says that Gods way and His thoughts are much higher than ours..Isaiah 55:8..but what we do is take on day at a time guys..doing the best we can with what we have..being disciples for the Lord..being obedient to the call that He alone has placed on our lives..living, walking and abiding in our freedom that Christ alone has given to us..and knowing that our Lord can do anything, anywhere and anytime that He alone chooses for He is God…so we forget what happened yesterday..we don’t worry about tomorrow for yet tomorrow may never come for us..but we live for today..the moments that were in..we live thanking and praising God for everything..for I love the song that says this..”I thank God for the valleys..and I thank Him for the mountains..and I thank for all those times that He has brought me through for If I never had a problem I wouldn’t know that He could solve them..and I wouldn’t know what faith in God can do..but through it all..yes, through it all..I have learned to trust in Jesus..I have learned to trust in God!”..so when we grow in the Lord..and when we serve the Lord wholeheartedly and we know whom God is and all that He has done for us and our lives..we don’t grow weary for we know that in due season we shall reap if we faint not..Galatians 6:9..but what we do is we dig our heels in a little bit further and a little bit more deeper..and we hold on..leaning and trusting always and forever in our Father in whom is up in heaven..and we pray like we’ve never prayed..and we love like we’ve never loved..because we know that this ole world isn’t our home..were just passing through..Amen..so let us grab ahold of all that God is..and know that our God is a great big God..and that He is a very present help in our time of need..Psalm 46:1..for He says when we seek me with our whole heart we will find Him..Jeremiah 29:13..and He says call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things that you know not..Jeremiah 33:3..for once again it’s not about us..but it’s all about Him and the ministry that He is doing through you..so let us be faithful to the call..let us walk worthy of that call of Christ..for everything we do and everything we are matters..and it matters greatly..so as far as ever giving up..well, that should never be a thought for any of us..for we live for God..for the scripture says..”For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s..Romans 14:8..for as well in the book of James it says this unto us all..”My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing..James 1:2-4..so the final thought is this for us all..we never quit..and we never stop..we always keep getting up and moving forward..knowing that God has us in the palm of His hands..and the scripture says that nothing can separate or snatch us away from Him..so we rest and we have confidence that He which has begun a good work in us will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ..Philippians 1:6..In Jesus’ name, I do ask and pray..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