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When You Think You Can't Take It Anymore





Several hardships at one time pushes you to your limit. If it’s one thing, you could handle it. But several at one time!  You start your day with car trouble and as the day progresses there's child issues, spouse issues, job issues, money issue, when will it stop?  It's gang-up-on you day. You try to handle one at a time but then they snowball into one big heap of a mess. It's more than you can handle. When I get to that point, I get in my car, roll up my windows and scream at the top of my lungs, while driving down the highway. I look like some mad woman racing down the road yelling. Well, that’s how I relieve the pressure from my troubles.   Yep, I scream until I can't scream anymore. I get out all of my anxiety. No longer am I overwhelmed.  I feel bad afterwards. I realize what I didn't do. I didn't take that problem to God.  He’s there waiting for me to ask for help.  What do I do? I tried to handle it alone. Guess what? Problem still there. 

I should have gone to God first. It would have saved gas and anxiety.  He knows us better than we know ourselves.  He's the one that gives strength. He is the power source. Plug into His Word and you'll see how so many others made it through. Just to name a few: Saul tried to kill David (1 Sam 19:1-22); Satan tried to take Job out (Job 1: 1-22 & Job 2); Paul had multiple problems from hunger, to people trying to kill him, beaten (2 Cor 11:25-30). These were men of God. Now if you think because you are a Child of God that you won't have problems, think again. Bad things happen to good people. Glory in the fact, you're not alone.  With God, that bad ordeal became an experience. Romans says experience is where you find hope (Rom 5:4-5).  Hope is where you find Jesus (1 Tim 1:1).  Therefore, when you think you can't take it anymore, look to Heaven. You can handle more than you think you can.  Your experiences are making you wiser. Hang in here.

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Kitt Swanson
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