WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU=ONLY........

 

WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU

ONLY MAKES YOU STRONGER

I am sure

You have heard the saying:

“What doesn't kill you-

ONLY MAKES YOU STRONGER”

I am LIVING PROOF

That that saying is true

Because when I was

A completely broken human being

And on the flat of my back

God picked me up

SHOWED me which way to go

And my life has become

LIVING PROOF-for God

That you can get back up

That you CAN keep moving forward

And that you can USE

Your past suffering

As a motivating force for you

“........'he Lord said to Moses

'Make a saraph

And mount it on a pole

And whoever looks at it

After being bitten-WILL LIVE”                                                   Numbers 21:8

So whatever battles you are fighting

I assure you

You can beat them

Or at least SURVIVE them

With God's HELP

USE your past sufferings

As a motivating force

“Forget the former things

Do NOT dwell on the past”                                                           Isaiah 43:18

“........

For past troubles

Will be forgotten

And hidden from my eyes”                                                          Isaiah 65:16

The Israelites in today's reading

Would be WISE

To REMEMBER that saying:

“Whatever doesn't kill you

Makes you stronger”

They hate the food

They have been given

They have been bitten 

By snakes

And they cry out

To God

Moses wraps a snake

Around the pole

And whoever looks at it-LIVES

We NEED to use our past-

Whatever we faced

As a motivating force

To keep moving toward God

Keep looking at 

Whatever is in your past

Whatever you need

To keep moving forward

Whatever that past obstacle is

DRAW a picture in your mind

BE POSITIVE

You can OVERCOME

Your past obstacles and sufferings

With God

Our God

Is a God of great mercy

And grace

The Israelites did it 

I walked away

From almost losing my life-

Losing my job-

Losing an important relationship

To LIVE every day

With a chronic illness and pain

MOVE to the future 

With HOPE

Move to the future

With God's grace and mercy

“Now this is our boast

Our conscience TESTIFIES

That we have conducted ourselves

In the world

And especially

In our relationship 

With you

With integrity and godly sincerity

We have done so

Relying not on worldly wisdom

But on GOD'S GRACE”                                                                  2 Corinthians 1:12

USE your sufferings

As a motivating force

For you

WHATEVER DOESN'T KILL YOU

MAKES YOU STRONGER

YES-you can do it

WITH GOD'S HELP

Robert P. Wallman

3-15-16 and 2-26-2022

Ps     INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Claire J. King