This will pass....

When I was growing up, my mom would say,  "this too will pass."   At the time, I did not understand the true meaning of those words.   Now, I realize that when you are down, you have to hang on and know that it will pass.   It may not be instant but life keeps going and if you hang on, you'll be amazed at the directions you can go.

A new favorite song is Overcomer by Mandisa:

You're an overcomer
Stay in the fight ‘til the final round
You're not going under
‘Cause God is holding you right now
You might be down for a moment
Feeling like it's hopeless
That's when He reminds You
That you're an overcomer
You're an overcomer
 Sometimes, a great song with a great beat can be the thing to lift you up.   Overcomer - isn't that what we all are?  Life puts bumps in our paths.  Sometimes, they are big.  Sometimes, they are small like spilling coffee in the morning.  Whatever the bump, we can overcome.   Small bumps are usually easy to fix but it's the "how" we fix them that makes the difference.   Do we explode into a rage or do we briefly get frustrated and move on?   Big bumps may require more faith.  

I know when my daughter had a tooth lasered (yep, a laser), she was determined she would not go to school the next day because it had turned black all the way around the gum line.  A typical teenager, she felt ugly and worried what others would say.   I reminded her that the black would go away at some point and this was a bump in the road to a better smile.  Her friends, I told her, would not walk away from her or make fun of her because of a black gum.  

She came back from school at the end of the day smiling.  You see, all her friends knew she had surgery.  All wanted to "see" it when she got to school.   They did not make fun of her.  Some wanted to see it over and over because it was "gross".   Once she realized that, she actually went and showed it to some girls just to see their reaction.  Nice.   

The life lesson was that even though we all have bumps in the road... we all need to face them and do our best to deal with them.   As the song says,  "You're Not Going Under"..

May being an Overcomer be your mantra today!!