Accept & Fight

Accept the Pain
Accept it as part of life, as a test of faith and accept it as God's tool for sanctification.
Believing that God is God, admit that I am not, and trusting him, I should more and more be able to rejoice in this. Waiting for the pain to become less, is like watching a tree grow. While staring at it, it will never seem like anything is happening but when I stop worrying about it, I may be surprised about its progress one day. I'm in God's hand!


Fight the Battle
I cannot stand passively in battle and complain that I'm not winning anything. I have to prepare my mind for action, stand on God's Word and put on the armor of God. Fix my eyes on Jesus! Keep the goal in mind, which is bigger than my own survival, His glorification. I think I can make God smile here and maybe the devil cry. Well ... if not so at least be a mini witness of God's power.
HE will never let the righteous fall and as long as I shall live I will testify his love.


Writing this, aware that I'm currently not feeling the violence of the Pain nor the Battle, I almost could start believing that I can do this out of my own strength. But probably I don't have to worry about that; early enough reality will get me back and I will have to remember the reality of God's power in my life. GOD is REAL