I’m not finding much to be happy about at the moment either. Life does go on but I think it’s perfectly natural for people to be pissed off and sad at the moment.
The example I'll give is thought provoking, but not intended as an 'exact' comparison. Just know that it's the devil's snare when faith is not allowed to be enduring. The difference between POWs surviving in captivity during the Vietnam War was whether their faith was based on time limits (dates, holidays, and seasons) or if it was a day-by-day faith of getting through each day. The POWs that didn't survive their captivity were those, who mustered self-imposed dates and time limits for their release and freedom. "I'll be released by next Christmas", they would say. When these dates came and passed, it sucked a little of their life from them. They would repeat the same projections of when their captivity would come to an end again and again until they were spiritually broken and died of despair.
Friend, my life has taught me to keep the faith each and every day. I have no control over the future and I don't pretend I do. We have no control over these events, but we do have our lives and faith in each day.
Keep the faith. It's not over in a long shot. This is what I believe.
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