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Life seems to be a battle. Wouldn’t you agree?
We battle to do the best we can each day. We battle trying to please others. We battle trying to be a good wife, or a good mother. We battle trying to climb to the top at our corporate jobs. We battle to walk as Christ would want us to walk.
As God continues to grow me as a leader, I realize I will always be in a battle. As long as I follow Jesus’ ways, not only am I battling the world, I’m in a spiritual battle that sometimes never seems to slow down.
I’m okay with that.
I love the encouragement I receive from my readers and supporters. Sometimes a person doesn’t realize how much they need encouragement until they receive it.
I recently ran across a song that brought tears to my eyes.
Lately I’ve been winning battles left and right
But even winners can get wounded in the fight
People say that I’m amazing
Strong beyond my years
But they don’t see inside of me
I’m hiding all the tears
They don’t know that I go running home when I fall down
They don’t know who picks me up when no one is around
I drop my sword and cry for just a while
‘Cause deep inside this armor
The warrior is a child
I am winning battles left and right. And I will continue to be determined not to let the devil deter me from God’s purpose for me. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t hard and there are days I’m not sure I can make it. But as long as I keep running home when I fall down I know my Father will pick me up, shake off the dust, and send me on my again.
I may be a leader. I may be a warrior. I may have a strong personality. I may be a conqueror.
But…
At the end of each day I want to fall asleep like a child in the arms of her Father. Though my armor still remains, inside is a little girl clinging to her Spiritual Daddy with all her might. The moment I stop doing that my battles will end in defeat.
Listen to the words of this song. I pray it touches your heart as it has mine.
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