DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!!

THE LORD IS WITH US , THE LORD IS TRULY ON OUR SIDE!!  IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE LORD WHO IS ON OUR SIDE, TELL ME; WHERE WOULD WE BE??   IT ALWAYS SEEM AS THOUGH WE CAN'T MAKE IT, BUT TO OUR AMAZEMENT WE LOOK UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRIAL OR THE TEST, THE PAIN, THE LOSS, THE HEARTACHE, THE DISAPPOINTMENT, THE BETRAYAL, THE SCANDAL, AND ON AND ON AND ON.........................   JUST WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE BETTER IDEA TO GIVE IN TO THE PRESSURE OF BEING LEFT ALL BY OURSELVES, ALL OF OUR FRIENDS HAVE ALL WALKED AWAY; THOSE THAT ARE LEFT LOVE YOU AS LONG AS NO ONE ELSE IS AROUND, AND AS SOON AS OTHERS SHOW UP WHO KNOW THE BOTH OF YOU, THEY ACT BRAND NEW AS IF THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY CARE ABOUT YOU EVEN IN THE LEAST; ALL OF SUDDEN YOU FEEL THE WARM EMBRACE OF THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HOLDING YOU ASSURING YOU THAT YOU'RE NOT AT ALL ALONE.  GOD IS WITH YOU RIGHT NOW!!!  THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN I HELD ON EVEN WHEN I WAS NOT SURE AS TO WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS HOLDING ON TO, AND I CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE A REASON TO KEEP HOLDING ON THAT I COULD THINK OF.   AS THE DAYS WENT BY, THE WILL TO CONTINUE INCREASED INSIDE OF ME; KNOWING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS MY ONLY SOURCE I REALIZED THAT JESUS WAS MY REASON TO HOLD ON!!  HE WENT ON TO THE CROSS, AND ON TO THE GRAVE, AND EVEN TO TOTAL VICTORY JUST FOR ME, SO I OWED HIM THE COURTESY OF MY FAITH TO TRUST HIM AND TO LOVE HIM BEYOND EVERY UNFAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCE IN MY LIVE.  I HAVE LEARNED THAT LOVE IS STRONGER THAN PAIN; AND HIS ASSURANCE OUTWEIGHS  DISAPPOINTMENTS!  JUST ASK ANY MOTHER WHO HAS EVER GIVEN BIRTH; THE LOVE FOR HER CHILD OUTWAYS THE MEMORY OF THE PAIN OF GIVING BIRTH TO THAT CHILD!  ISN'T THAT AWESOME?  WELL LET'S DISCUSS THE IDEA OF HOLDING ON THE EVER UNCHANGING HAND OF THE LORD!  HE NEVER CHANGES AND GOD WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU........................................   LET'S TALK