knowing how to never give up

I know life is overwhelming at times.  It’s overwhelming because there are a lot of things going on in this day and age.  We have to always be ambitious to live and never give up.  Guess what?  You’re still here and God is not ready for you to go anywhere.  If it were your time, you would have been gone.  If you’re able to breathe and still able to live, you still have a mission.  God has something for you to do. 
 
I truly believe that because I could have died a long time ago but I’m still here.  All of us go through a stage of just wanting to give up in our lives because we get tired.  We just have to realize that we don’t make that call.  Only God knows when our life will end.  It doesn’t matter what you’ve done or where you’ve been God is a forgiving God and he’s waiting for you to come to him.  Each one of us has a task to complete by God.  Some of the time we don‘t know what the task maybe but it’s there.  We can’t complete our task if we don’t have hope to know that everything will be okay through Jesus. 
 
Sometimes we feel like we’re being stepped on and punished but it’s okay to feel that way.  We just have to know that in the end everything will be fine.  We will survive.  Every time we give up, we allow the devil to win.  Don’t let him win.  God will give you what you need if you believe & have faith in him.  Nothing is easy in life.  If something comes easy, it’s not of God.  You see, if we can’t handle the small things how could we handle the big things.  For example, let’s pretend you’re on a job and trying to move up in the company.  If you can’t work hard and do the job that you have been assigned to do, how are you going to get promoted to do anything higher?  It just doesn’t work that way.  We have to use the same concept for life.  God observes us and he knows who can handle certain things.  A leader is not going to be assigned a task to someone who can’t do the job.  When we don’t prepare ourselves, we stay at the same level over and over again.
 
It doesn’t matter what you’re going through.  If you hold on, everything will be okay.  Even if you have a disease and were told that there’s no cure, still hold on to your life.  God is going to keep you here for as long as he wishes anyway.  Enjoy your life one day at a time.  Always be optimistic even when you feel bad.  Don’t put a pause on your life and never give up until your time is due.  Whatever you’re going through, it has nothing to do with you starting a new day with gladness one day at a time.  We all have our days but we have to have hope through all situations.  Love yourself for having life and thank God for allowing you to take on another task.  Don’t doubt him and don’t under estimate his ability for you to get through all things with his strength and hope.. 

HOPE
 
H    is for happiness to know that there’s always hope
O    is for optimistic to want to live even when things are bad
P    is for patience to keep still when you go through pain
E    is for endurance to keep you going when things aren’t  going your way
 
Have hope and enjoy all that life brings to you.
 
1 PETER 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,