"The trials of life are sent to make us, not to break us...So if God places or allows anything difficult in our lives, we can be sure that the real danger or trouble will be what we will lose if we run or rebel against it."
-Maltbie Babcock, Streams in the Desert, Nov. 23 Devotional
How true is this quote?
I know personally that the trials of this life can be blessings. I have shared in the past about how being homeless was actually a blessing in a way to me. I have shared how God spoke to me and helped me through last semester when I dealt with mania, depression, psychosis and paranoia.
I think we find our strength in the trials through our relationship with God. Or at least I do.
Despite 5 hospitalizations and dealing with schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia and bipolar) and PTSD every day, I am set to graduate with a Masters in Biomedical Engineering on Dec. 14th. I want to graduate for all those who were told they couldn't do something or they thought their trials in life were so difficult that they couldn't go on.
My motto is Never Give Up.
I am actually graduating early. I took 13 credits this semester to finish, which is an overload of credits for graduate school. It has been a rough semester, as I've struggled with paranoia and psychosis and my classes were very academically challenging, but I am doing it.
I have 3 exams, a homework assignment and a quiz left.
I know personally that God turns the impossible into I'm possible.
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