Get up!

Thank God for a new week, and the blessing of yet another day...

Lately I have been pondering on the incredible resilience of the human spirit. And the importance of harnessing our resilient nature as human beings, if we are to successfully navigate, the sometimes very treacherous waters of life's journey. Resilience is one of the best response to circumstances that challenges or shakes the very core of our being as individuals.

Resilience is the ability to recover from {or to resist being affected by} some shock, insult or disturbance.-Wikipidia

The first segment of this definition "...the ability to recover from" brings to my mind, instances, when it seems as though life has packed up a punch, and has dealt us a blow that knocks us down and out for the count. This normally is, a very shocking and painful experience.... This blow can be: terrible financial problems resulting from the loss of one's lively hood, the betrayal of a trusted friend, or sudden death in a close knit family. The list of such disturbing situations goes on for miles, depending on the impact the situation has on an individual, and the way they respond to it.

At such times, there is the tendency to wonder "how did this happen? when and how am I ever going to get back on my feet?"

Here is something that might help; Believe that this is not the end of "you". Even after a devastating hurricane "deep underneath, the earth still has the ability to give life-Ekene Onu. You can recover. There is healing in Jesus name for that aching or broken heart. Your inner man can be strengthed once more, God can give back to you more than you ever lost {Job 42:12}, and even restore the wasted years {Joel 2:25}

Deep inside of you, lies the ability for new, fresh and beautiful things to spring forth again!

All you have to do is get up...

"Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.-Mohamed Ali

Staying down... That is where the problem is! Instead, exhibit that beautifully and fearfully made ability in you to bonce back and recover. This is when you tap into that resilient nature that God has intricately built into the fibre of your being. No life circumstance can destroy your spirit unless you allow it. You are that strong!

"man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.- Bern William

Dwelling on the mistakes of your past is not necessary... No matter how painful or devastating the outcome of such mistakes has had on your life.

Mistakes are like signals indicating to you that you are/were on the wrong path. So most times all you need to do is change direction or try a different approach. It is usually encountered in the process of actually accomplishing something. " the man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything"-William Connor Magee

Hold on this truth most of all, that God is able to turn those mistakes into miracles. Miracles that will propel you full steam ahead towards that expected end.{Jeremiah 29:11} In the process you become a better stronger "you".

"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called by His purpose-Romans 8:28.

All you have to do is, get up!

The other part of the definition of resilience emphasis the ability "... to resist being affected by". For me, my faith in God is the anchor that keeps me stable -in an "undisturbed" state. Psalms 125:1 says; "Those who trust in the Lord are as mount Zion which cannot be moved but abides forever". My trust in God, is what helps me harness this resilience nature when needed and confidently say "this too shall pass."

I really believe that our resilient nature showcases one of our many unique attributes as human beings. This is something to be admired, and exhibited as needed to celebrate our uniqueness and the Glorious God that made us this way!

"our greatest glory in not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.-Confucius

"A righteous man falls seven times, and rises again... {Proverbs 24:16}

It's time... to get up!