Overcoming difficulties to succeed

Nothing is ever handed to us. Everything requires hard work and effort. Last night as Hailee and I were relaxing we had The Blind Side on. It’s based on a true story (Not the complete true story), and a great story. This was after watching the first Number 7 seed win the NCAA championship. With my ADD mind this changed my thought to how MSU was looking for next years team and what new recruits our team signed. I found a recruit with a remarkable story.

On sports writer Joe Rexrode’s blog, it mentioned how MSU signed three star recruit Marvin Clark. I didn’t know much about him. I read and it seemed like he was a pretty good player and a good find for MSU. Then near the end of the story their was a remarkable story about his life.

Check it out…

Such a great story to overcome. I have been reading through 2 Corinthians 7 for the past couple of days. It talks about how people were doing the wrong thing and finally repented as individuals and as a church. There have been plenty of times I have regretted an action I have done and have needed to repent. Clark could have gotten mixed up in a bad situation and his life would be going a different direction. He was able to overcome the bad in his life and turn his life to the positive.

Clark has a great story, but we each have a story. Maybe you are happy where your life is at right now, that’s awesome! If you have something you wanted to work on, maybe it’s time to move forward from the past. Do whatever it takes to make that happen. You can overcome.

Have a great day.

I’m going to kill you Lloyd!

You had two pairs of gloves?

Yeah…

It’s the Rockies.

Thus the reason Harry wanted to kill Lloyd in Dumb and Dumber. (Super excited for the sequel).

I have had a lot of people try to do things to me or get me to do things…

·         Tried to eat food I wouldn’t normally eat
·         Tried to get me on rollercoasters that I wouldn’t dare go on
·         Tried and sometimes very successfully prank me
·         Tried to get me fired from a job.

I have been through some stuff, chances are some of the things you have been through are like this maybe a little easier maybe a lot harder.

There is one thing I have yet to face, someone trying to kill me (That I know of).

This was something Paul in the book of Acts had to go through.

Acts 23:14…

“They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.”

Dude.

I have never had anyone have a threat like this.

Paul went through whatever it took to follow Jesus with his message.

People weren’t happy with that.

Death was something he faced multiple times in his life.

If you feel like today isn’t going great or you had a bad couple of months remember, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Paul faced death numerous times.

Sometimes it’s going through the hard times to go in the right direction.

If you are struggling, hang on, you can make it through.

Jesus loves you and wants the best for you.

Faith in Jesus can  and will get you through so much.

Sometimes life is not easy, but Jesus can help you through it.

Hang on.

Have a great day.