No matter how much we want the ideal - we cannot be perfect this side of heaven. We all make a mess of our lives in one way or another but God can take that mess and make it into a message of hope for someone else.
It doesn't matter how banged up or torn up we become, God promises "a bruised reed he will not break." God cares about the bumps and bruises we acquire and even though he doesn't remove every negative circumstance from our life he promises He will go with us. Sometimes I question "God, where are you"? I've even found myself asking "God why won't you do that for me" ? God holds the answers to all life's difficult questions and the days He gives us are all days of grace whether we are enjoying them or enduring them. We know He is always working for our good and His glory.
This hope in God is what we can hold onto when we are getting banged around or torn up in life. We certainly cannot hold onto our human strength. The old familiar saying, "when the going gets tough the tough get going" used to be something I believed until God showed me through experience that we do not have what it takes in and of ourselves to get out of the tight spots in life. We may white knuckle it for awhile and put on a tough outer shell but one day we break and we find ourselves crying out to God for the help that only He can give. My experience has been that God is close when we are brokenhearted and His grace, love and mercy are extended to us so that we may put one foot in front of the other and move forward. Really a broken and contrite spirt is what God longs for.
A dented fender won't stop the car from running nor will life mishaps disrupt your hope and faith in God.
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