Many times in my life I have been told I need a reality check. Whether it’s in going through a hard time or the big dreams I have to accomplish. But none the less, my answer is always “reality is what you make of it.”
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses”
In a time where the world is trying to teach us that reality is reality..we must dare to think. We must stop looking at the things we go through as walls and start turning them into mountains! We have to stop believing things are unattainable, unachievable, we will never get through something or that we are not good enough.
We get messed up because we look towards ourself when we have a hard time in life rather than looking to God. We want to guide our own steps, we want control, we think WE can fix it on our own….but we weren’t created to be on our own nor is anything we go through.
Our problems become walls because we want to do it ourselves, but getting over a wall that is bigger than you with nothing and no one around to help is impossible.
When we look to God in our problems, they become mountains. They become attainable through Him and His guidance. There becomes purpose and you realize that every struggle leads to strength. You don’t climb a mountain without becoming stronger. The wall might seem quicker (as us taking things into our own hands seems like a good idea), but we were created for the mountain (there lies purpose of who you are to become within the mountains of your life).
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. ”
God will not give you a mountain that you are incapable of climbing with Him, but that does not by any means mean that the mountain will be easy to climb. It’s not a helicopter ride to the top! God gives you this mountain to climb because He trusts and created you to make a path for others to make it to the top as well.
See, we go through hell to get others to heaven. So as you are climbing this mountain (going through these hard times), you are being set up to help someone who will one day go through the same thing, but is unable to get through it alone (you set the trail for an easier path to the top of the mountain). Now we have many times in life we want to hide what we have been through and we want to cover up our trail….but your hike becomes your story and your path becomes someone else’s salvation.
So stop trying to get through the wall and start climbing the mountain God created you for. Be courageous in your story and be bold enough to share it. Someone out there is looking for the same trail you are on.
“Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. ”
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