swing and a miss...again

Life throws curves, fastballs, and change-ups in our lives. Nothing is EVER what it seems. Do you ever feel like no matter how well your doing you keep striking out?

You just can't get the dream job, you are so close yet the next step is a grand canyon. You go through relationships like tissues swearing the next guy will be the ONE. Then before you know it your singing break-up songs in your car with tear-stained cheeks. All these things and more change in a blink of an eye. It becomes depressing and your exhausted. When everyone around us is getting what we think we need, it can become too much to bear. Pity party for one?

These moments are faith moments. We need to believe, and we know that. The action part is harder to perform. It is easy to just give up after 20 interviews or 10 broken relationships, but try one more time. Then ONE more time until it happens. God will take care of you. He takes care of birds, trees, even rodents; He can certainly help you achieve what you desire to accomplish. We need to tell God what we feel and ask how we can learn in this self-pity moment. We need to bring the glory back to God. If God can take care of birds or even grass; He can certainly help you because you are more than that.

We need to remain faithful and stand up at the plate even though we may never hit a ball. It WILL be HARD, but in these times the growing occurs. We need to keep in mind that God never desires to see you falter, so try every time. He will help you, so pray for the strength to withstand the pitch. Who knows, the next one you could hit it out of the park.