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Faith, Hope, and Determination
Faith, hope, and determination
I am a big believer in everything that happens for a reason, and it has been proven over and over for me. Like when something is weighing on my mind and I go to church and the message is for me!
Well, yesterday, the Bishop's message was definitely for me. He spoke about how you had to have strength to keep enduring through difficult times, to keep fighting even when you want to give up.
When I was at the lowest point in my life, and I didn't think I could go on, I kept fighting to overcome what life was throwing at me.
I've learned that in this life, we need 3 things, faith, hope, and determination.
Faith:
We need the faith to believe that we will get through this. Faith to know God has greater things in store for us. I have always believed that I wasn't going to end up where I was. Just as I have an undying faith that this book I wrote is one day going to be a New York Times bestseller!
Yes, people dream and believe big! If you're asking God for money to pay rent, why not ask for a large waterfront home that you own? Do you believe what you ask for? Do you have faith?
Hope:
Hope is believing even when you can't see it. It is believing even while going through the storms.
Determination:
The force that keeps you moving forward, that even when you fall down, it makes you get you back up. No matter how bad it may seem, you will go on. You will not quit or lie down and die. No matter what life throws at you or how battered and bruised you may be, you will cross that finish line.
I remember watching a video once with these two women who were running a marathon. Towards the end of the race, they were so drained and beat up that one of the women's legs gave out, and she fell. The other one who was also half dead tripped over her and also fell. They both tried to get up, but their legs wouldn't let them. Again and again, they tried, but they couldn't stand up. When finally one of them started crawling on her stomach to cross the finish line. Then the other one followed suit, and as she got close, the first one pulled her over the finish line. They both crossed the finish line on their stomachs. Now that is determination!
Nothing was going to stop them. That is the determination that our Bishop is talking about. For me, it will be no matter how many no's I get, I will get this book published. I am that determined, I have that much faith. I have this strength now because of all I went through. Being knocked down so many times gave it to me.
So today, my friends, ask yourself, do you have faith, hope, and determination? Enough to go on when you have nothing left? When the storms of life are beating you down? Can you still hold on and believe even when you can't see the sun? I am here to tell you that if you can hold on to these three things, then you can do anything.
"Be the change you want to see”
@TreadmillTreats
© TreadmillTreats
I am a big believer in everything that happens for a reason, and it has been proven over and over for me. Like when something is weighing on my mind and I go to church and the message is for me!
Well, yesterday, the Bishop's message was definitely for me. He spoke about how you had to have strength to keep enduring through difficult times, to keep fighting even when you want to give up.
When I was at the lowest point in my life, and I didn't think I could go on, I kept fighting to overcome what life was throwing at me.
I've learned that in this life, we need 3 things, faith, hope, and determination.
Faith:
We need the faith to believe that we will get through this. Faith to know God has greater things in store for us. I have always believed that I wasn't going to end up where I was. Just as I have an undying faith that this book I wrote is one day going to be a New York Times bestseller!
Yes, people dream and believe big! If you're asking God for money to pay rent, why not ask for a large waterfront home that you own? Do you believe what you ask for? Do you have faith?
Hope:
Hope is believing even when you can't see it. It is believing even while going through the storms.
Determination:
The force that keeps you moving forward, that even when you fall down, it makes you get you back up. No matter how bad it may seem, you will go on. You will not quit or lie down and die. No matter what life throws at you or how battered and bruised you may be, you will cross that finish line.
I remember watching a video once with these two women who were running a marathon. Towards the end of the race, they were so drained and beat up that one of the women's legs gave out, and she fell. The other one who was also half dead tripped over her and also fell. They both tried to get up, but their legs wouldn't let them. Again and again, they tried, but they couldn't stand up. When finally one of them started crawling on her stomach to cross the finish line. Then the other one followed suit, and as she got close, the first one pulled her over the finish line. They both crossed the finish line on their stomachs. Now that is determination!
Nothing was going to stop them. That is the determination that our Bishop is talking about. For me, it will be no matter how many no's I get, I will get this book published. I am that determined, I have that much faith. I have this strength now because of all I went through. Being knocked down so many times gave it to me.
So today, my friends, ask yourself, do you have faith, hope, and determination? Enough to go on when you have nothing left? When the storms of life are beating you down? Can you still hold on and believe even when you can't see the sun? I am here to tell you that if you can hold on to these three things, then you can do anything.
"Be the change you want to see”
@TreadmillTreats
© TreadmillTreats
