"True strength is smiling when you want to cry, laughing to hide the pain, and going on no matter what."

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We all have those days.

Ya know, the ones where absolutely NOTHING seems to go right.

Well, let me tell you some pretty awesome news: those days do not last forever.

That is the thing about this world, everything is temporary. All pain is temporary, it does not have to last forever. Every hardship does not last forever, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I think that is pretty great, considering everything that goes on in this world.

Honestly, I have had my fair share of those days. I remember sitting down on my bed and just wondering when my life would be "better" again. I wanted to know when I would be happy again.

I figured out that when I was having those type of days, if I would just sit down and pray to God for help and peace of mind, that these days would end rather quickly. God always has come through for me. He made me realize that these days, in fact, do not last forever.

I wanted to write this to tell everyone, that the key to getting through rough days is this exactly: keeping your eyes, mind, and heart focused on the one who created them. (That would be God, by the way)

God puts you through all of these tough times for a purpose and he wants you to push through. He wants you to persevere. Personally, I know that God allows me to have these tough days to test my trust in Him. I have mentioned this before, but I have this issue with trusting God all the time and I am working on it. So I feel like God gives me these tests on trust to remind me that I do need to trust Him to get through. The good thing about all of our tough days or tests that God gives us, He never gives us something that we cannot handle with His help. His objective is never to break us or tear us down. He only wants to make our trust in Him stronger and make our relationship with Him grow.

He wants you to smile when you want to cry, laugh to hide the pain, and overall go on. You CAN and WILL get through it. I promise you that. Never give up, ever. Trust God. Look to Him and He will direct your paths.

It's okay to be weak, but don't give up.

But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may reside in me. So I take please in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10