whatever is happening to me,
no matter how heavy my heart is
or how dark the moment may be-
if i can remain calm and quiet
with all the world crashing about me,
secure in the knowledge God loves me
when everyone else seems to doubt me-
if i can but keep on believing
what i know in my heart to be true,
that darkness will fade with the morning
and that this will pass away, too-
then nothing in life can defeat me
for as long as this knowledge remains
i can suffer whatever is happening
for i know God will break all of the chains
that are binding me tight in the darkness
and trying to fill me with fear-
for there is no night without dawning
and i know that my morning is near.
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Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others including Love.
One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink, so all repaired their boats and left. Love was the only one who stayed.
Love wanted to persevere until the last possible moment. When the island was almost sinking, Love decided to ask for help. Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?” Richness answered, “No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel, “Vanity, please help me.” “I can’t help you Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat,” Vanity answered.
Sadness was close by so Love asked for help, “Sadness, let me go with you.” “Oh…Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself”.
Happiness passed by Love too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. Love felt so blessed and overjoyed that he even forgot to ask the elder her name. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way.
Love, realizing how much he owed the elder, asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”
“It was Time,” Knowledge answered. “Time?” asked Love. “But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep Wisdom and answered, “Because only Time is capable of understanding how great Love is.”
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Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional balance of a committed heart. When confronted with a challenge, the committed heart will search for a solution. The undecided heart searches for an escape. A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits the Almighty and His ability to perform miracles in your life. He has put the vision in you — proceed. To wait, to wonder, to doubt. To be indecisive is to disobey God.
-Andy Andrews
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