Bend But Don't Break!!!!

A few week ago, I had an incident to happen to my wedding ring and I got a profound revelation that I would like to share. While doing my chores each day, my wedding ring had suffered from the pressure of my work with my hands. Unknown to me, at some point it had withstood more pressure than it could take, and became bent at the bottom; however, it did not break. The breached area was really significant. Once I discovered the damage, I immediately took it to a jeweler to see what could be done to repair it. After thoroughly inspecting it, the jeweler told me that it could be hammered back into place with his equipment or he could cut the bottom out and put in a stint. Despite the ring being bent severely, the pressure it had endured did not break it.

That night after I had taken my ring in to be repaired by the jeweler, I thought about life and how under pressure, it bends us a little bit each day. Due to this fact, we all need Jesus to be our divine jeweler and bend us back in place through our obedience and reliance on His promises in the Bible. If we choose not to rely on Him, slowly but surely, we will break under life's pressures, but if we place our lives in Jesus's hand, we can be assured that even though we might bend under life's pressures, we will not break or break down! In instances that we choose not to place our lives in His hand and we find ourselves broken, just remember that He also is the Potter and we are the clay. If we surrender all of life's pressures and challenges to Him, He is able to put us back together again, as if we were never broken. Lastly, always know that we can trust Him, because He will not allow us to endure more pressure in life than we can handle. Also, "He will never leave us nor forsake us as we go through the pressures of life. To all who read this blog post, I want you to know that despite what you are facing in your personal lives, your marriages, your families or your everyday business affairs, if you will put your total trust in Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior, you may bend a bit due to life's pressure, but you do not have to break! Choose to endure hardness as a good soldier and allow your enduring faith in Christ to propel you into greatness!!!

Remember This: "Bend if you must, but don't allow life's pressures to break you. Put your hope in Jesus."

"Queeny"

"IT IS WELL, WITH MY SOUL"

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Scriptures Texts:

• "We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed (filled with difficulty or uncertainty), but not drive to despair (absence of hope)." (II Corinthians 4:8)
• "But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence." (Jeremiah 17:7)
• "Patient endurance is what you need now. So that you will continue to do God's will. Then you will receive all that He has promised." (Hebrews 10:36)
• "Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep His promise." (Hebrews 10:23)
• "Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless- like chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 6;9)
• "I prayed to the Lord, and He answered me. He freed me from all my fears." (Psalms 34:4)
• "Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord. Who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols." (Psalms 40:4)
• "The Lord gives His people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace." (Psalms 29:11)
• "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." (Romans 8:37)
• "Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you." (I Peter 5:7)
• "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might." (Ephesians 6:10)