Cancer is no joke for certain but as I pondered this, to some degree I have survived much worse and more serious (at the time) complications and trials. Be a survivor not a victim. My journey has been a hard road filled with challenges and more than a few blessings yet I remain optimistic because I know the outcome. I have hope of so much more.
To my way of thinking being a survivor is a mindset more than anything else. I choose not to give in to fear, worry, despair or being all consumed with a problem. I choose to survive. I choose faith over fear, hope over defeat, gratitude over whining and joy and gladness over gloom and doom.
A life of ease and smooth sailing sounds wonderful yet how much if any real growth results from that? Zero to none. It is precisely because of the bumps, twists and turns in my road that I am the person I am today.
It is the tree that bucks the strong winds that develops the strongest roots. The trunk and limbs may become gnarled and knotted but the tree that stood through adversity will stand long after the one that grew straight and tall without overcoming the storms of life. All it's growth was outward and not in it's roots. The same can be said of men and women.
As a child of God, I am convinced that trials are designed individually for each of us because only our Creator knows exactly what we need to develop the strength, fortitude and characteristics that help us to become more like our Savior.
Through the storms of life, whether they be weather, health, relationships, death, financial, various types of loss or a myriad other varieties, it is those who weather the storms with hope in the Son as their guiding star. He is the anchor of my soul and it is my prayer that He is your anchor as well.
Come what may, place all your trust in Him, and you can experience joy in this journey called life. Why? Because the Son is always shining even through the darkest clouds.
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