How Much Can You Take? (part 2)

So do you think that you can take no more?  No more yelling, no more war, no more crying, no more debt, no more worry, no more strife, and no more of life!  Yes that is correct, some people feel that they want to end it all because they can take no more.  Guess what! No matter how much you have had to deal with, will deal with, or are going to deal with, is worth ending it all! That is correct, nothing is worth ending your life.  I know some of you are saying, but you do not know what I am going through.  And yes, I do not know what you are going through, but that does not matter.  We all go through something that is devastating to our life at that point, and we feel like it is ALL over. It is not over! Whatever you may think of this situation, please remember it is not over! 

Over the last few years I have been through some things that I thought, well I thought it was the end, the end of me, the end of what I had worked for, the END!  You know what, it would be easy for me to say, don’t worry every thing is okay now and and we do not have a care in the world.  NOT!!! Just like I can not say to you that everything in your life is going to be just fine with no care in the world, you know that won’t happen, you are living it.  However, it is not the end!  Yes I have said that a lot so far, but it is important for me to get that across to you.

In my last post I told you how important 1 person is to talk to, you do not have to tell them everything, or maybe you just need to cry on a shoulder and not talk at all. Find that person, but be careful, do not let that person take advantage of your situation.  Find someone who you know, a sister, a brother, spouse, friend from work, or church.  I can not even begin to know what you dealing with, just like you don’t know what the person down the road from you may be dealing with.  We can know that we are in this together, nothing that you or I have or are dealing with is new, somebody else has already gone through it, no matter what, somebody has dealt with it. More importantly you do have somebody that no matter what, you can pour your heart out to, and that is the living God, Jesus Christ, He is always there for you, for me, for your family, and for my family.

I know that you may be thinking, but I need to actually have someone to talk to, to talk to me, He knows that, that is why we need people to talk to, GOD uses those people in our life on a daily basis. He wants us to have people to talk to, but He also wants you to talk to Him, and He will answer you, through His Word, the Bible, and through the people that He brings into your life.  Life is not easy, but with God you, and I can get through it.

For me, I have really needed some friends to talk with, and let me know, It will be okay! (thanks Barry) What I and my family are going through is not over, we wish it was, but for some reason it is not. It is making us stronger, (I hope) but it is very difficult as well.  If it were not for our friends pulling us, literally sometimes, toward the Lord it would have been much more difficult.

Please remember, that what you are going through is nothing that you can not handle, you may need help, but you can and will get through it.  That is a promise, not from me, but from GOD!

How Much Can You Take? (part 1)

I know it is about time I bloged again!!!

Many of us, myself included, feel we can only take so much of anything, or we will snap!  Think of someone that you know, that is dealing with cancer, death of a loved one, divorce, being fired from a job, failed business venture, money issues, or just the day to day life that feels relentless. Or maybe you have friend that has wronged you, or a company that has wronged you.  How many of you feel that you are at the end of your rope, on the last rung of your ladder, or out of gas in the middle of nowhere? 

I know these feelings, my family and I are living this out right now.  Believe me when I say, that we can understand what you are going through.  Here is a little of what I feel almost on a daily basis, sometimes it is better, and sometimes it is much, much worse. When I wake up, and feel like I have not slept because I have spent my sleep worrying about what will go wrong today. Also thinking and fretting about what went wrong yesterday.  Most of the time I feel like staying in bed, pull the cover up and keep the world away.  Not just the world, but my wife, son and friends as well.

 There have also been many times when I feel like, because of the situation that we are in, that I have no friends, or they do not want to be around, or near me because this predicament has taken over my life. Let me just tell you, DO NOT DO THAT!  Again, trust me, I have done this and at times still do, and it really makes things worse.  Find someone you can talk to and talk. That is an important item, because if you do not talk, it will continue to eat you from the inside out.  This I know!!!

 More Later!