Sometimes in life we have to go through hard times. Things don't always go the way we'd like them to and it seems one thing after another comes at you. I think about this and how some people react to it. They wonder where God is and why they have to go through these things. Some of these people are Christians. People, we are Christians, yes, but we live in this world just like everyone else and we will go through things just like everyone else. We will not know fully what Christ is doing until we reach our home in Glory. We just have to go along putting our trust in our Lord until that day comes. God NEVER stops loving us, and He NEVER leaves us in our times of trial, and no matter what the world tells us MY LORD JESUS IS NEVER A CRUTCH. He is my Savior through all. I KNOW He is real. When we as Christians are getting smacked around by this world and Satan we need to stop running and dig in our heels and call Satan the liar that he is!

I have spent the last few days struggling with one thing or another that Satan throws at me. He has feasted on my depression. Yesterday I reached a point where I remembered something I should have remembered in the first place. Satan can't touch me because I am a child of God. I turned everything over to God and set myself free once again to stand on the Solid Rock.
Yesterday my brother and sister-in-law went for the results of a medical test on my nephew Ryan who will be 6 on October 5th. They found a lump in his neck and the doctor wouldn't tell them the results over the phone on Friday. It seems Ryan has lymphoma. I was overwhelmed. While they were here I couldn't even think of words to say to them except that I would be here for them. I let them leave my house without me praying for them. That was it. Satan can kick me all he wants but he will NOT stop me from praying for someone else. I rectified that this morning when they came to bring my younger nephew so that I could watch him as they brought Ryan for another battery of tests to see how far it has spread. Yesterday and today I began calling my friends who are prayer warriors. Whatever is going to happen in the future for my nephew, he and his family will be covered in prayer. I ask everyone who is reading this right now also to pray for Ryan. Please also pray that Ryan's family will witness God's glory through all of this. Ryan's dad and mom's names are Jimmy and Teresa and his sister and brother are Ashlee and Benjamin. Please remember them all by name in your prayers.

Do not misunderstand, this posting began by talking about me and some of this was about me, but only so that I could tell you that things go wrong in life but God is with us. Though we all struggle, we will be strengthened and my Lord will be lifted up in praise. He is the Great Counselor, the Great Physician, the Rock of my salvation, the Great I Am. If you are struggling with something He will step in when you ask Him to. We don't have to live in defeat. Give it all to Him and He will free you and you will see how much power and peace He will give to you to get you through the storm. You can only say you've given it all to Him when you don't go back and try to pick it up to fix something else. You have to trust Him enough to let Him do what He needs to do. Just pray and leave it alone. I trust Him.