When Things Get Bad

When you have tried and tried so many times and you keep falling and failing please remember that God has not forgotten about you. He said that he will never leave you nor will he forsake you. God is removing the things that you don't need in your life and is preparing you for something much greater than you will ever know. I am speaking from personal experience because truth be told this year (2018) by far has been the most challenging year ever. I went through a lot of struggles financially, spiritually, in my home just to sum it all up. I am not telling you that I didn't have times where I wanted to give up because I did. Many times that I cried myself to sleep but through it all I didn't give up and I didn't do it alone it's been God all through. He encouraged me through his word. Reading the bible and mediating on it helped me get through the challenges I faced this year. Hearing his voice audibly strengthened me. I want to urge you to develop a relationship with God if you haven't already. Because whether you are a believer or not you will still pass through challenges and it is better to pass through your storms with somebody holding your hand then for you to go through it alone. Let's get real for a  minute, you weren't put on this earth alone,and so therefore God does not  expect you to be alone that's why he has told us that he will always be there.
So when things get bad please understand that it's not because God never existed as some say. It's not because God hates you because if that were to be the case you and I would not be living. It is simply because he is preparing you and I for something greater. And for those of you who might say well I don't understand why I have to go through storms since God already knows me and what I can do. Can I tell you something? My dear reader God knows but you don't! in other words God knows your strengths but you are yet to know yours, that is why he has allowed things to get bad. He wants you to know your strengths even in weakening situations, in addition to that he wants to move you to a higher level. Let's just put it this way each class you go through the higher you go the harder it gets. That's precisely what God is doing you are reaching a higher level in your walk with him so just expect a lot of things to happen most of which will not be favorable but it won't last long. Weeping may endure for a night but JOY comes in the morning.