"You Can Bear It!" Hold on....

The bible tells us that God will not put more on us than we can bear.  When we hear this, we may  want to challenge it,  See some trials we have been through has left us broken, hurt and even depressed, but if we really look around for bit, we may realize that we made it and we can look around and see that everyone has a burden of come kind.   

IT SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH!

DEATH

A couple that has survived the death of their child.  They have been a light in the darkness every day since the journey began. They have encouraged, celebrated, cried, talked, shared and even helped others amid their pain.  They bore it well.

SICKNESS 

A woman I know who has dealt with sickness in her body for over 40 years.  She has been in hospitals five or more times a year, on way more medication than you can imagine.  In fact, she took so much that she knows how to regulate what they give her, suggest another prescription, and tell  her doctors what works best for them to prescribe.  Yet in all of that, she continued to reach out to others, she continued to help and pray- often seeing others receive answers when she was still waiting.  She bore it well.

DIVORCE

A person who survived divorce, they didn’t fight the process, but trusted God to be provider.  They kept a good relationship with their Ex to allow their kids to be free.  They continue to encourage people to work in their marriages although theirs is gone.  They worked to avoid a bitter heart and have learned to treat everyone involved well.  

SURVIVAL

A person who survived the difficulties of being looked over on their job.  They kept working and kept switching jobs as they tried to keep food on the table.  They never gave up on God, and they continued to attend services although they were hurting.  They have been faithful to their family, and work hard to keep the family intact.  God is still in the process of answering this prayer, and they are still praying and trusting God for better, with a smile. 

"There hath no temptation taken hold of you but such as is common to man. But God is faithful; He will not suffer you to be tempted beyond that which you are able to bear, but with the temptation will also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it." I Cor 10:13

YOU WEAR IT WELL!

We often think that the scripture means that we are happy about it, or it is an easy burden, or maybe even that some supernatural gift is given that helps us bear the pains of life; but none of that is true.  The truth is that it hurts, it is hard, we cry, we pray and we hope, but sometimes the burden does not get easier, it does not go away and we often have to live with residue of it.  The difference is in glorifying God as we bear it.  Yes, we continue to hope, we continue to pray and continue to trust God, even when it does not go the way we want.  Each of us have something, not everyone has the same thing and truthfully, if we looked around, we would NOT want to switch with others.  

This is an encouragement for you today, whatever your THING is, give God glory in it.  You never know who sees your strength when you don’t, who recognizes your faith when you think it is gone.  And we will  never know the glory that God receives when we keep pushing forward!  We still have a promise that our present suffering cannot be compared to the glory that shall be revealed!  Keep going, you got this!