Madison Sanders Writes

Woman Jogging Blur © Ariel da Silva Parreira via freeimages.com  Every day is a fight. My mind is made up. I will not quit. I don't care how bad the pain is. I am the victor. I will overcome. God's grace is more than enough. My body will do what I say. It has to move when I say, "Move!" I am not going back. Just as God said a few months ago, "My pain will not stop me. It will propel me. It will launch me." My spirit is going forward and my body has NO choice but to follow. No more slowing down. It's time to fight. Gloves are off. Lights are down. It is me against myself. I know the negative thoughts. That voice says, "Look at how many times you've fallen. You won't get back up this time." There's something deeper. Something the naked eye can't see. I have a spirit of determination that won't be quenched. Try to quell the fire inside, And it just burns brig

When I am going through a tough situation or having intense pain, I get two choices. I can wallow around and talk about how bad things are, or I can focus on something else. For those who may not know what to do when trouble comes, I thought I would share some of the ways I encourage myself. Here are some Scriptures that I think on and say whenever I feel pain: 1 Peter 2:24 says, "He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” Psalms 103:2-3 says, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases." I encourage myself by saying that God is my Healer. He is my life giver. He is my miracle worker, my personal surgeon, and my refuge. I encourage myself by saying that if God is for me, who can be against me? I say that the same power that raised Jesus from the dead is working in my body, healing