Has anyone every told you that you are not smart enough, pretty enough, or not capable of accomplishing a goal you had set for yourself? Have you even fallen when trying to reach the next level and someone takes it upon themselves to tell you it was not meant to be? I am sure we can all think of a time when this has happened to us. It makes you feel worthless and frustrated. You may think that you are not good enough for whatever it is you were working. Maybe you even started to believe what others were telling you, so you give up on your dream.
I have seen this happen too may times to me and others. Nothing is more painful to watch the spark fade from someone's eye or watch the fire go out on a dream. Over the years I have asked myself why we allow other people's (or our own) thoughts to dictate what we do in our lives. The truth hit me one day when I was told I would never achieve something based on an action I had taken. I was told...
King David knew the "sunken place" experience all too well. While he was out fighting battles another group attacked and raided the home of him and all his men. They took everything. Have you ever lost everything? Do you remember the feeling? 1 Samuel 30:6 - And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
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