God Within Me

Lately I’ve been struggling with a constant feeling of brokenness. Every time I feel I’ve regained my footing, every time I feel that I’ve picked myself up and dusted myself off I get knocked down again. The past few years, namely those I’ve spent at Gordon College, have been filled with blow after blow. And each time I get knocked down, even if just a little bit, it gets increasingly harder for me to get back up. I allow the world to shake me. But what I most often forget is that I am unshakable because I walk with an unshakable God. Sure, this doesn’t mean I’ll never face hardship, it doesn’t mean I wont have setbacks or hiccups or bumps along the way. It simply means that every time I find myself kicked down again, I can look up and the Lords hand which is extended to me, picking me up, and carrying me through. I’m never alone, and I’m never hopeless. Because of Christ, I am given second and third and fourth chances. Because of Christ I can stand back up, I can face tomorrow. I am strong in the Lord if the Lord is strong in me. I am redeemed. I am made new. I am not abandoned. Because the Lord is within me, I will never fall hard enough, of fall low enough that I can no longer get back up. God is with me, I cannot fail.

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