Scale walls…break fences, be unstoppable.
(Picture by Lisa R.)

I have a new mantra: Don’t fall, rise above. It came to me today while I was reflecting on just how crazy my life had become in the span of a few shorts months. I started to realize that my circumstances, situations, and problems had become my central focus, and how easy it is to lose our joy and faith when we allow that to happen. Today as I sat and contemplated my status I realized how much of myself I had given up. Not because I had to, but because I believed that in order to deal with what was happening, I needed to. The irony is that the things I let go of, where the very things that God had provided as a means of dealing with the stressors I was facing. This morning when I woke up I had this thought, “I need a lifestyle change.” Thus, I would go back to the things I love, the things that God has always used to center both my mind and my personality. Things like working out, reading, writing, and photography. Things I have been slowly letting go of because I have been so bogged down lately. The thought of rekindling that part of myself has me excited. What’s my point? Often times in the midst of a trial we let go of the necessary things, only to hold tighter to the trial. I realized today the reason it all seems so dark is because I had let go of the things that God uses as light in my life. So I share my goal with all who need it today… Take back your light. Don’t let your circumstances over take you. Don’t Fall, Rise Above…

 “Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good” (Romans 12:21). 

So what’s my plan? Overcome.