There comes hard times in life. We all experience them. There has most likely been a time in your life where you have had nothing, if you haven’t been through a time like that beware it’s coming. I’m not necessarily talking about having no money, or no food, or no one, but it could be any and all of those things.
I have struggled most of my adult life. Lived paycheck to paycheck, had to ask for help with bills and groceries. I have even had to go without eating so that my kids could eat. At one time I was working 40 hours a week just to be able to keep a roof over our head. We had no car, we had no luxuries, I would do odd jobs each day after work so we could buy groceries one meal at the time. I felt more worthless than I ever had before. What kind of man can’t take care of his family? What kind of man can’t do for his wife and kids? What kind of man has to walk to the store each and everyday to find enough food to feed a family of five for the night on less money than most people spend on coffee?
Me. I’m that kind of man. People frowned on me looked down on me, and I’m sure some of them felt pity for me. One thing through it all though, without a doubt the most important thing is I never gave up. I would muster all of my strength and all of my courage and I would look at each day as an opportunity to do better, to be better. I also never stopped doing for others. I probably done more work for free than I got paid for at that time for people that needed help and couldn’t afford it. I was at a place in my life, in my struggle where everything I had was because of God. I could not see a way to provide, to survive, and definitely not get ahead. God continued to place opportunities in front of me each and every day to allow me to keep moving. I am most certainly not sharing this to make you feel sorry for me, or to make it seem like I am stronger than I am. I am sharing this to let you know God has placed a calling on your life. God will never change his calling and he gives you all the strength and courage necessary to achieve that calling. God never gives up on you, he never loses faith in you, he never doubts you, so don’t doubt the amazing creation that God has made. If God has called you he has qualified you.
When you have nothing you have all that God says you’ll ever need. You have enough strength, courage, and fortitude to change the world in his name. Let’s see that courage and let’s change the world. I love you.
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