Hang in there!!!

Life is a journey. Everyone has the amazing proverbial mountaintop experience…that moment you want to bottle up and savor forever, as a reminder of how fantastic a life filled with favor can be. (BTW, his favor is for life. Good days or bad…the favor remains. Favor is not based upon emotion; it is based upon the never-failing mercies of Almighty God.)
Then there are the valleys. Most of us would rather avoid the valleys all together. They are uncomfortable. They can be filled with tragedy. Sometimes there seems to be no end in sight…the light at the end of the tunnel is a train coming to run you down.
But today I’m telling you that you can learn more in the valley than on the mountaintop. Don’t wait until the battle is won to celebrate how good God is. He doesn’t leave you in the middle of your problem. Don’t forget to reach out in the dark of the midnight, as life is crashing down around you. He is there when the pain is suffocating every ray of sunshine. He is not punishing you. He is simply waiting for you to reach out in the darkness and invite him in.
No matter what part of the journey you are walking through…enjoy the day. Not all days are spectacular. You only need to be 5 minutes old to realize that someone slapping you on the butt to make you cry isn’t your favorite activity. But that slap cleans out the phlegm in your lungs and allows you to breathe…a life-saving effort.
Sometimes in life we just need to sit down and take a deep breath. “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” Psalm 27:14