He Hasn’t Given Up On Me

2 Corinthians 4:8, We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit.

Not always giving myself due credit for the things I’m capable of, I sometimes fall short in my own mind. I was once the master ringleader in the nightmare circus of mentally beating myself down. It was a perpetual chain of events that would start with me not being good enough at my job or a relationship, and ended with going to a bar or to my quiet bedroom, where I could hide and drink alone. The easy road was to give up on myself, and give into my disease.

Today, as the sun hides behind clouds, I realize that God allows me to fail, from time to time, so that I can rely on Him to pick me back up. He has given me a desire to follow Him and soul of courage to trust myself to do so. When I’m down, I’m still not out. He is the parent who blows a kiss on my scraped knee while His hands apply a needed bandage to my wounds. Holding His hand, I get back up to try again.

As He believes in me, may I believe in myself. I pray to not forget that I do not stand on my own. I have faith in myself, because He has not given up on me.

Romans 8:32, Since God did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?