Having resilience

 Hello my friends,
How are you?

I hope that you're having a really nice afternoon, there wherever you've found yourself.I want to talk to you about sticking at things when it gets tough.

Finding that traction, to be determined to keep going.

The question I want to ask you today, is, what keeps you on track to where you are going?

What keeps that motivation in your hearts to keep going?

My friend, let me share some light on the subject.

It's ok to be real.

And to talk openly about what's going on.

Because dear friends, if we just go around trying to keep it all boxed in, tied with a pretty bow, and we're just trying our best to keep it all nicely contained. and then all of sudden, the bottom falls out, and we're left to pick up the pieces.

Like with any relationship, it takes time to open up, and trust, to get not only people on their good days, but to see how they're going on their not to so good days. to keep checking in with them.

You don't need some fancy words, to say I care, but you just be there for them.

And let them talk, because you know there might be a time when they're not so great and they might need you.

and you will need each other.

And that is the most powerful thing about love is that it crosses the great divides, it breaks all boundries. and comes into your heart.

And it stays there for good.

One thing with love is it's not just a nice feeling, that we get, when we're in it, it's a commitment, to stay in it when it gets hard going.

Love stays, when everything else turns south.

No matter how many promises are make to ourselves, jesus is the only person who is going to make us stronger with it.

He is the ultimate teacher on the subject.

Jesus first loved us by laying down is life for us.

We are called to love, because he first loved us.

Sometimes I write about my sponsored children,  and it's time to write them a christmas card, now I'd be a pretty lazy sponsor, if I don't give them presents, wouldn't I?

I give money to tearfund, because I love what they are doing, they are giving through Christ, children with a hope and future.

And the lord has blessed me, as well with encreasing the things I have.

It says in the bible, that he puts the lonely in families.

And that is because he has given my the power of not giving up, but to praise God in the storms.

He has given me Andrei, a very special and dear friend.

so dears whatever your going through today, be encouraged of never giving up, because Jesus never gave up on you.

He hasn't walked away, turned back, told you see you later, walked out. rejected you. rather, he turns to your side, and equips you, to keep putting one step in front of the other.

And tells you to keep breathing, to keep walking, to keep going. and runs a million miles in the same direction as you.

because he loves you.

Lots of love 

Chloe