She struggled to continue to stand with every punch that life threw at her. For years she endured gruesome blows that even the greatest fighters would not take standing. They were so intense but she refused to fall. Finally one day she surrendered to it all and she fell hard. She was tired of fighting this fight. As her frail body crashed to the ground and her fighter spirit felt defeated, everything moved around her in slow motion. She laid prostate beneath the world moving around her, but something amazing happened down there. On the ground is where she surrendered it all. On the ground is where she lost all control. It wasn't so bad down there! On the ground is where she found God. It was at her weakest that Her Creator made a deal with her. On the ground is where He exchanged her weakness for His strength. He told her that if she gave in to the punches, He would be the face that would endure it. He told her that the fight she was fighting was never meant for her to face alone. That day she learned the true definition and meaning behind the words surrender, faith, love, grace, forgiveness, and mercy. She realized from that moment on, owning a dictionary wasn't worth much anymore.
Some lessons in this life cannot be taught with words. Some words are too big to be defined. It's only through experience that you can learn the true meaning behind something so grand. It's only through falling that you discover the God that lives deep within you.
Stand up and fight once more knowing that this time you don't fight alone. No, this time you know that this fight has been fixed.
I have always loved this song. We have the Creator living inside of us and we all have the capacity to love others just as we are loved by our Creator. Everyone has a story and at some point in life we will endure a tough battle. Let's love more and judge less. What if we all loved like Jesus? What would this world look like?
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