Life is hard. No questions about it, life is hard. Things happen that you don't expect, that may make a person's life hard. Other times, life just seems average. Nothing changes. Day to day seems the same. You wake up, do your work, run errands, work- out, and just do average things. It's not necessarily a bad life, but average can be hard. Why is that? When a person does not see change, they see it as failure. When a person sees failure they automatically assume that the activity or anything that they are participating in is well..... hard.
I talked to a friend just recently who had this problem. I myself have seen the average life as, hard. I have longed for a change. I have also been on the other side of the fence when life is made just....hard with problems or "giants" so to speak. Day after day something goes wrong. Then after a while, a person feels as if they fail at everything because they incapable of meeting the task at hand head on, and succeeding.
Life is Hard.
At the beginning of this semester, I felt as if I was not capable of defeating the giant that was taunting me. I felt as if fear and failure were going to win. I had so much on me. I planned out the semester and between school, planning for my recital, practicing for my recital, work at the church, work at the school, friends and family; I felt as if I was set up for failure. I knew in the back of my mind I was going to fail. I would not win this fight.
Life is Hard.
A friend of mine said... pray. Sounds simple. Too simple. What do I ask for? I prayed that God would suffice the voids in my life, that he would be my strength, that he might give me an unnatural ability to push myself to my limit to make this semester happen. A few days later i went back to my friend. I told him that I prayed. He told me to prepare my fields for rain.
What does that mean? He said that a farmer whose farm was in a drought, prayed for rain. That farmer was faithful to God and he began to prepare his fields so that his fields could retain the most water possible. Guess what, he got rain. He would have missed out on the blessing if had not prepared because the field would have lost the water.
After hearing this story I decide to prepare my fields for rain. I decided that I was going to chase what I prayed for. I decided to work against the giant. Fight back.
So the battle began.
When I showed effort, God showed me his answer to my prayer. I pushed, he gave me more strength. I worked hard, practiced hard, and continued to pray hard. God responded with giving me that unnatural ability to push through hard work. I would stay up late practicing, and get up early and study. My days consisted of working, studying, practicing, ans sleeping. That is it. I put all of me into my goal. I pushed and pushed and pushed. I gave my all, so did God.
I performed my recital, I won my fifth state championship, I had my highest GPA ever, and my relationships with family and friends have been better than ever.
If I had not prepared my fields, would this semester have been what it turned out being. The answer is.........no.
Never, Never, Never give up. Plan for the unthinkable. Pray for the unreachable. Never, Never, Never give up.
I talked to a friend just recently who had this problem. I myself have seen the average life as, hard. I have longed for a change. I have also been on the other side of the fence when life is made just....hard with problems or "giants" so to speak. Day after day something goes wrong. Then after a while, a person feels as if they fail at everything because they incapable of meeting the task at hand head on, and succeeding.
Life is Hard.
At the beginning of this semester, I felt as if I was not capable of defeating the giant that was taunting me. I felt as if fear and failure were going to win. I had so much on me. I planned out the semester and between school, planning for my recital, practicing for my recital, work at the church, work at the school, friends and family; I felt as if I was set up for failure. I knew in the back of my mind I was going to fail. I would not win this fight.
Life is Hard.
A friend of mine said... pray. Sounds simple. Too simple. What do I ask for? I prayed that God would suffice the voids in my life, that he would be my strength, that he might give me an unnatural ability to push myself to my limit to make this semester happen. A few days later i went back to my friend. I told him that I prayed. He told me to prepare my fields for rain.
What does that mean? He said that a farmer whose farm was in a drought, prayed for rain. That farmer was faithful to God and he began to prepare his fields so that his fields could retain the most water possible. Guess what, he got rain. He would have missed out on the blessing if had not prepared because the field would have lost the water.
After hearing this story I decide to prepare my fields for rain. I decided that I was going to chase what I prayed for. I decided to work against the giant. Fight back.
So the battle began.
When I showed effort, God showed me his answer to my prayer. I pushed, he gave me more strength. I worked hard, practiced hard, and continued to pray hard. God responded with giving me that unnatural ability to push through hard work. I would stay up late practicing, and get up early and study. My days consisted of working, studying, practicing, ans sleeping. That is it. I put all of me into my goal. I pushed and pushed and pushed. I gave my all, so did God.
I performed my recital, I won my fifth state championship, I had my highest GPA ever, and my relationships with family and friends have been better than ever.
If I had not prepared my fields, would this semester have been what it turned out being. The answer is.........no.
Never, Never, Never give up. Plan for the unthinkable. Pray for the unreachable. Never, Never, Never give up.
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