God is the master of using broken things. 
It’s a sentence from a sermon I read.  How many of you feel broken?
How many times do you feel like one thing after another is piling up on you,
until you are practically suffocating from the pressure?  As an adult,
I can say that I have felt that way with some frequency.  As a teen, you have
conveyed to me some of those same feelings.  Here’s your word from God’s Word:
2 Corinthians 4:8
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken.
We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit.
  We are hunted down, but God never abandons us.
        We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going.
There is hope!  When other people knock you down, when choices leave you
feeling broken, when seeing our friends changing leaves you perplexed, God is there.
He’s ready to use you in your knocked down, broken, and perplexed state.  Isn’t that wonderful?


My spirit told me to stop my friend who walked by the house while
I was pulling weeds yesterday.  I kept working.  I hope I have the chance
to learn from my mistake.  Thank you, God, that you not only made me
aware of a need, but you also have convicted me that I did not do what I ought.

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  1. imforsqaures says:

    My spirit told me to stop my friend who walked by the house while
    I was pulling weeds yesterday.  I kept working.  I hope I have the chance
    to learn from my mistake.  Thank you, God, that you not only made me
    aware of a need, but you also have convicted me that I did not do what I ought.

    ms. steen I LOVE YOU! you are one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I would love to talk, anytime. Have an awesome day, and I don’t doubt a bit that God is going to have you bless someone else’s day, like you’ve blessed mine.

  2. MeLeeSa523 says:

    I love you Miss Susan! You are so amazing! It makes me so happy to know that I have someone like you to go to if I ever have a problem you can help with, or just to make me smile! I am so glad you are in my life! Love-Melissa

  3. missbev says:

    Isn’t it wonderful to have kids like you! I love the praise song that has those same sentiments!

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Thoughts to Encourage

Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.~ William Butler Yeats

Whether you think you can or think you can’t you’re right. - Henry Ford

The best way out is always through. ~ Robert Frost

Real difficulties can be overcome, it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~ Theodore N. Vail

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall. ~ Oliver Goldsmith

You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi

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