“The Lord places us in difficult situations and circumstances to grow us in Him..Amen..for I know all too well that none of us want hard times..or difficult times to take place in our lives..because believe me we do live in a comfort free zone..we don’t want difficulties..we do not want to be in a place as to where were uncomfortable..because it’s not a fun place..it’s not a place as to where you are walking around just laughing and smiling and having the time of your life kind of place..Amen..cause when hard times come and those difficulties come it causes us to change..it cause us to get our attention and our focus on Christ..it causes us to take a look over our lives and the things we’re doing..and it causes us to make sure that we are living right..that we are focused on what we truly should be focused on..it causes us to pray and seek the Lord and His face..Psalm 105:4/1 Chronicles 16:11..it causes us to grow..that really is the part of it all..it causes us to change..and to mature..and to know how to respond and act when things occur in our lives that are not pleasant that are not places we want to be..Amen..it causes the fruit of the spirit to ripen all too well in us and our lives..Galatians 5:22-23..cause I love the song that says this..,”If I never had a problem I wouldn’t know that God could solve them..and I wouldn’t know what faith in God can do..but through it all..through it all..I’ve learned to trust in Jesus..I’ve learned to trust in God..through it all..yes, through it all..I’ve learned to depend upon His word..so I thank Him for the mountains..and I thank Him for the valleys..and I thank Him for all those times He’s brought me through..for in my lonely hour..that precious lonely hour..God let me know that I was His..Amen..so were not to despise those dark and lonely moments of our lives..were not to despise the hard ships or struggles of our lives..were not to overlook the situations or circumstances that we may be in to always consider and think that the enemy is the one in whom is doing this to us and our lives..because a lot of times it’s God our Father..in His tender mercies and grace in all of His infinite wisdom that places us in these places to change, grow and mold us into that person..that mature, content and godly person that He is needing for us to be..so let us grow in our moments that were in..and let us lean on the Lord..and let us pray like we’ve never prayed before..for you see God has us..and God once again knows what’s best for us..so if we’re somewhere that we don’t really want to be..or if we’re facing something that we really don’t want to be facing..because it’s difficult or because it’s challenging..then my prayer and my heart for us all is to get whatever lesson it is that the Lord is desiring for us to get..and then let us get to passing those tests so to speak..and then moving on to whatever is next..for it is in Jesus’ name, that 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