Be Strong

"I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong." Audrey Hepburn

 Maybe today, in your life, you feel like everything is coming against you. You feel as though nothing is going right and that it is all just piling up on your shoulders. This can be hard, I know, and it is so easy to let this overtake our entire lives, but there are two words, two words that I need you to remember today; those words are "be strong."
 Now this may seem incredibly simple, but there is really so much more to it than you might know. You see, being strong means more than sucking it up an dealing with whatever it is that you have going on. It doesn't mean that you should just shove down what you are feeling and not show it to anyone, but rather, it means that you shouldn't give up. Being strong means to keep going, and to not let these problems get the best of you. See, one thing that many people do not know, is that we have the choice. We have the choice whether we are going to let this take control of our lives, or if we are going to take up the strength that we need and overcome it. You just can't give up! Because if we do, we are going to be stuck. If we never face the obstacle in front of us, than we are never going to move along the path that God has for us, we are just going to remain where we are.
 But facing these things, that involves strength, and not the strength that we, as humans, have either. That simply won't last. But instead, we need to get our strength from God. For His strength, it cannot be broken, it never runs out, and it is stronger than anything that we might be facing.
 So today, you need to be strong, and come to terms with what being strong actually means. And once you do, you need to go out and fight, battle, and overcome those obstacles, for when you do, it is going to be worth it. You are going to move down the path that God has created for you and find the beautiful rainbow that lies after this storm. One even more spectacular than you could ever imagine. You just need to be strong, and don't give up.