There’s a verse in the New Testament that says to give thanks in all things. Sometimes I struggle with this verse. When hardships happen, the last thing on my mind is thankfulness.
When the hits come, yielding to defeat is a natural response for me. This is especially true when I have been working so hard and the bad things simply don’t stop. Sometimes I feel like I’m standing up to an invisible army that wants to see me fail and since they’re invisible, I don’t even know who I’m fighting. Other times, like when sickness hits the whole family and then hits again, I chalk it up to poor timing or par for the course. But after a while, when the hard stuff seems to come like the morning dew, it’s easy to lose heart.