When the Going Gets Tough

There are times in life when things get very difficult, and it looks like there is no way out. I just want to share a story with you that has encouraged me since the first time I heard it.

An old man and a young man stood before a portrait in a museum. It was a beautiful painting of the devil laughing across the chess table from a bewildered man, and the man looking frustrated, as the devil had put in him in check mate.

The young man said, "How sad!" But the old man, wise with years responded, "Look again, why is he worried? He still has one more move!"

Sometimes it feels like we have lost. It's okay to cry. But then when we look up, we notice that we are still breathing, and there is still a heartbeat in there. We still have one more move. It ain't over.

I wanna encourage somebody who may be struggling today that it ain't over. The painful times are times to learn the lessons of life. So study. Increase your awareness. There is another move hidden in the board. You can do it. And just remember that God's strength is made perfect in weakness.

Go and grow, and I'll see you tomorrow~O.C.P.

"Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed: to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you." 2 Corinthians 20:17


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Grace & peace :)