When Enough is Enough...

Lately I've been pondering on those encouraging Bible verses about how we are able to do ALL things with God's strength, and trusting that He will not give us any more than we can handle. 

However, sometimes in life, we may feel we have reached the end of our rope, our breaking point of giving up - of screaming into the face of our unbearable situation that 'Enough is enough', when we just can't take it anymore and feel like running away.  It's at those times when we need to encourage ourselves with the knowledge that God is using that situation to grow us up, to stretch our endurance levels, make us more patient and grow our long suffering fruit of the Spirit. We need to submit to the agony and pain, trusting that God IS still in control and that He has not abandoned us. 

It is through these tough times that we need a deliberate attitude adjustment.  We need to  grasp onto the hope that things WILL get better, that this uphill battle we are facing will soon reach the top, where it will be all downhill sailing.

However, if we continue to whine, complain and be negative about the situation, we can be assured that the problem will remain with us a lot longer than it needs to. I have fully experienced, that there is a transforming power in accepting, praising and being grateful, no matter how bleak or dire the situation is.

My own mantra when things feel particularly overwhelming is, "This too shall pass", and as my life experiences have proved, they always do...