For the last several days I have been walking around saying, “Lord, Jesus, God in Heaven, help me.”  Over and again those words rise up from my heart, roll off my tongue and come out of my mouth…Yes, we all know by now if you have read anything on this web site, that I have come at this time to tell the whole truth.  In this life we will have troubles but as long as God will allow the Holy Spirit to remain on earth we have a hope that our lives can be better…but it isn’t easy all the time.  If you think I am one of those who says, “I am happy in Jesus all the time then you don’t know me.” 

Just because I believe I have a sovereign call of God upon my life does not mean that all of hell takes pause and lets up on its attempts to try and stop me from moving into my destiny…quite the contrary.  You have to understand that we ALL are going to face troubles.  How we choose to deal with them will determine the outcome of our everyday lives…this is not a game.

As long as God is on the throne and I am trying to walk uprightly before Him in the revelation of who He is in my life, then I can count on His divine help and actually get the victory in any circumstance.  Ten years ago if you had told me that I was going to go through some of the things I have been through, I might have actually opted out of following Christ.  Then on the other side of that choice, I can tell you that IF I had quit and not gone in the path I have willingly chosen, I would not be alive today and I am not certain I would have made it to heaven.

We all are going to go through adversities and consternation in this earth.  We all are going to face things we dislike.  This has no bearing whatsoever on your station in life and how much money you do or do not have.  There is a commercial right now (and everyone seems to be getting on this bandwagon) featuring Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame, telling the public that buying gold is the only way to protect and secure one’s future in this dying economy.  At the end of the commercial, he jingles a handful of gold coins and says, “That is the sound of security.”  I would like to tell him that he is terribly misled and in turn, misleading others.  The sound of security is when I can’t do anything about the circumstances around me and then call upon the only ONE who can...Jesus.  That is the sound of security.  Money can’t help my circumstances….money can’t restore the lack of hope….but in a split second, Christ can.  THAT IS SECURITY, Gordon!

I cheated myself out of years of happiness by allowing Satan to keep his hand firmly on my life.  Are you doing the same thing?

I know what it feels like to have no hope and feel convinced that nothing good will ever happen to or for me.  I know what it means not to have a handful of coins (never mind if they are gold or not) to shake and hear jingle.  I know what it felt like when everyone else’s perception of me made me feel less than zero.  I know the feeling when those around you think you are absolutely nothing, leaving you feeling hopeless and helpless.  All you want to do is die. 

Christ can give you back your hope….it is supernatural….and many will call it plain ‘ole crazy, but if I can get up everyday and have hope of a better today, then you can as well.

Don’t give up on Jesus.  His love and His care will give you back your hope and it comes just when you think you can’t go on…He will never do for you what you can do for yourself, but He always does what you can’t…

If you are in despair at this very moment then cry out loud to Jesus.  When I was thirty-nine years old I this is the cry to heaven I made:

“If you are really real you are going to have to help me ‘cause I don’t want to live down here like this anymore.  And I will be damned to hell if I am going to allow my daughter’s life to end up like mine.”

The transformation has been truly amazing……..