Ponderings to Ponder

“Adversity introduces a man to himself.” ― Albert Einstein

This is one of my favorite quotes, because it matches my life so well. Like most people I have had financial struggles, automobile problems, problems paying rent and so on.  I have been to the top of the mountain where prosperity was plentiful,  and I have been in the lowest valleys where I was wondering how i would keep my electricity on, so this quote reminds me that no matter what this life may bring it will always get better if we keep positive and keep moving forward always remember if you are going through hard times at least you are going through them and anytime you are moving forward you will come out of it.

So often we find ourselves in situations that we feel we cannot get out of or over come,  well I am living proof that there is a way out of every bad situation and no one is too far gone, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.  I do not give to you as the world gives. John 14:27 says  "Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” Whenever I have found myself in situations like the ones I have described above I always turn to the only one who has been there when no one else was, friends, family, and loved ones are good to have around but they have lives to live to, they have separate lives so we cannot always count on them but God is always there he has always pulled me out of bad situations, at one point in my life I contemplated taking my own life because the stress of just the everyday existence was too much to bear, such as a bad divorce, alcohol or just debt can drive a person to think and do things we would not ordinarily think or do.

"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”   Isaiah 40: 30,31 remember you are not alone there are others that have been through the same things as you so listen and learn and have dreams and hopes, look to the future instead of the past and someday you will be telling these things to others and in some way you will be helping those that are where you might be right now.