1 Corinthians 15:58

If you don't get anything else from this post, remember 1 Corinthians 15:58.

This verse has been framed for me by a couple what I worked with one summer.

I was working with children and it has many difficulties and frustrations, But the Lord's word will never come back void.

"Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."

Why is life so hard?

Why does God allow things and not others?

I see people dying, getting hurt, getting sick... people are asking, "If there is a God, why did this happen?"

Stand firm.

But how?

How

can someone who has just gone through something really hard

Be strong?

Trust.

You can't be strong without trust in God. "The work of the Lord"

If we are for the Lord, nothing can move us, we are "steadfast, immovable".

It is never easy. But...

God gives us things we can handle, never anything that we can't.

We stand up to Goliath, a timid and small David.

Giving God the glory he deserves we praise him and fight the good fight until we take down the giants in front of us.

We can conquer. God will conquer.

Life kicks you, and knocks you down.

Jesus is the lighthouse that guides us to the shore, safely and lovingly

He shows us the way... through the dark

Through the storm, and huge waves

"Where feet may fail and fear surrounds me
You've never failed and You won't start now"

The Lord loves each and every one of us and wants the best, why can't we always remember that?

Whether it's life, a sport, school, work, relationships...

The Lord is there.... the Lord is with each and every one of us.

Through it all, through it all.... my eyes are on you.

Looking up at you, not on the waves ahead, just you.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Stand firm. Stand for God.