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Colossians 1:11

Once you decide to accept the Lord into your heart He doesn't fail to give you strength when you ask for it. The Lord has an endless abundance of strength and power that can be accessed via the Holy Spirit when the Lord allows.The Lord allows for us to do things in His strength due to the fact that it allows us to fulfill the plans in which He has. These plans that He strengthens us for will not fail to glorify His name in the end, no matter how long it takes.The Lord’s purpose for our lives is this, that He will show His endless power and glory. The crazy part about this is the fact that He doesn't need us to do anything, but because He loves us He uses us. He uses the broken to show just how amazing His love and mercy is.
The Lord calls us to have patience and endurance for His sake. Our flesh, by nature, is not born with either of those qualities. Speaking more specifically about myself, I have zero strength in my own power. I lack both patience and endurance, but because I love the Lord and desire the plans in which He has already planned out for my life, He will not fail to give me the strength that I need to fulfill His purpose for my life. He will not fail to bend me and shape me closer to His image, which do not fail to include the qualities of patience and endurance.
Enduring hard times for His names sake is a very difficult and demanding task for me. For example, right now I am sitting in Antigua Guatemala. I am currently committed to spending a total of about 10 months away from my parents, my best friend, my grandmother, and all of my other loved ones. In my own strength I can not endure this season in which the Lord has called me to; but because the Holy Spirit dwells within me I am able to receive the strength that is required for this time. The Lord has called me into this season for two reason. Those two reasons being, for me to become closer to Him and for His name to be glorified. 

Not only am I called to be patient and called to have endurance but I am also told that I must go through ALL season with joy. So lets face it, in my own strength it is impossible to find joy in the fact that I am hours away from my loved ones with only fours hours of wifi a week. It is beyond comforting to understand the fact, especially in these hard season, that the Lord gives us joy the same way that He gives us strength. The Lord doesn't promise a life full of money and treasures once we accept Him. He actually promises hard times and trials to build the believers character and cause the roots to grow deeper. Regardless, I can testify that the seasons of suffering are worth it. even though they are rough and draining seasons I learn how to really live in the strength that the Lord gives me because He never fails to give me what I need.

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