Motivational Note of the Day

No one may know what you are going through right now. No one may know how many times you continued to get up even when you didn't have the strength. No one may know how many times you said "no" to the enemy of temptation, suicide or addiction. Maybe no one heard you speak up to your bill collector or when you were disrespected by a family member, friend or co-worker. No one may know how many times you have prayed for help just for the hour. So often your bravest faith-walking times will happen without a witness. You will experience private moments of victory without applause, points, a hug or a pat on the back. But God sees you and hears you. You are growing everyday in courage, action and faith. Acknowledge your progress and walk through your valley of fear confident with the whole armor of God, the belt of truth, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit What does it mean to endure? --- To carry on through with faith and courage despite hardships, to make the best of a tough situation, to bear, cope with, to live through, press on, to persevere, to stick on, to suffer, to go on, to breathe, to prevail, live through, persist, pull through, ride out, survive, weather the storm, withstand and "grow" to the other side of your circumstances. There's a definite relationship between optimism and faith. Faith provides an enormous sense of hope, an assurance that even if things aren't going well, there is a pathway through the darkness. Things will get better. In order to get from what was, to what will be --- you have to go through what is. If you believe you can make it through this --- you will. If you believe you can't make it --- you won't.

~ Jewel Diamond Taylor