everyone is fighting their own battle

I said that to a friend the other day. she is fighting an internal battle. though i have no real idea what is going on, she only gives me bits and pieces, i know she is fighting a battle. it seems she has no one to turn to, and i myself have run out of words.

after i said that to her. i got to thinking about the battles that we all face everday. internal, external, spiritual. and it makes me think of the saying, "be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle" i don't remember who said that though. but its something we should all think about.

you know, right now, there are so many people going through hard times. i mean people are going throught things you wouldn't believe. sometimes i even have to check myself, because while my problems seem big to me, in the grand scheme of things my problems are small. and the problems other people have, are problems i don't know if i could even begin to handle. alot of people have no one to turn to.

i wonder how you get through your problems without god. I mean how do you continue to rely on people, when people are so unrealiable? i only know a few people i can trust, and even then, i can't trust them to be there for me ALL the time. its impossible for them to be able to. and they don't have the power to fix all the things that need fixing. i think back to times in my life where i was in that wandering stage, where i was doing my thing, rebelling against what i knew to be true, and trying to find my own way, instead of doing what i knew was right, and i remember that when bad times came i relied so much on people and i also had a constant feeling of emptiness.

those times are gone. that empty feeling is gone, thank god. and while i am still no where near where i want to be spiritually or in life, i am so glad i am not where i used to be. and i am also glad to be right where i am, and glad to have the people i do have around. I'm glad to have a god i can turn to constantly, who continually shows me that he is in control and he cares for me, and is taking care of me. i am glad for friends and family that will pray for me and encourage me, and love me, and give me good sound advice, and understand me on a level most people can't see to...

as god continues to create a new heart in me, and make these changes, i hope he does the same for all of you..
because everyone is fighting their own battle...and in times like these, i don't even know how you begin to get through even one minute, let alone one hour, let alone one day, without believing in something, in someone, without some type of faith....that would be hard...
in fact that would be impossible...
get into him, and watch him get into you....
good luck :)