Reality

Philippians 3:14 “Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.  

 So many times in life we see ourselves get to different types of lows.  Whether we are deep in debt, have lost a loved one, or are battling a life threatening illness, we have all felt it.  Emotions go haywire and the world seems to be a huge bully that is taking your life and giving it a good dunk in the toilet.  So, if we have all felt it, why do some of us make it through while others drown?  We have a choice.  Either we can allow the circumstances we are in to destroy our future or we can stand up, brush off, and jump back into it.  Yes, we are all going to feel it but how we deal with it in the end is the deciding factor to the rest of our life.  Thomas Alva Edison once said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.”  Sink or swim.  You can give up and let the waves of life carry you off or you can swim against the current until your destination has been made.  Like salmon in a constant upstream battle, we have to push on.  Some of us will make it and some will not.  But, when looking back don’t you want to be able to say you gave it all you had?   

Hebrews 12:2-3 “Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we're in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he's there, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!”