Tough Out There

 Its been a rough couple of months.
  
 Or maybe a rough year. 

  Rumors of war, civil unrest, riots, turmoil in the government, pandemic, quarantine, economic depression, the list goes on and on. A recent survey shows an overwhelming majority of Americans think things are out of control.  Difficult times can be overwhelming but they can also help us to focus.

we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 

2nd Corinthians 4:8-10

  It’s easy to say and think we rely on God when we got the world beat. But when the world strikes back hard and bloodies our nose, we might not be so sure. However, it’s during those times that the knowledge that the God we serve is over all can lift us up when everything else has us down.

  There are always rough patches on the road. What makes them pass with easy is not the ground you trod but the one you walk beside.