I'm Still Standing
There is no greater love, than the love of Jesus and no greater strength than through Him. Since I was a little girl I learned that as I grew up starting with being a part of my large family, attending my great-grandfathers church with the constant love and attention given to me at such a young age especially from my late great-aunt Mable. Even after my mother removed me from church, the values of that love stayed with me throughout the turbulent life of abuse by her hand that I ended up living for many years, and beyond.
What does not kill you will make you stronger, but that strength is magnified only through Christ by way of the Holy Spirit, and that is one of a few lessons that I have repeatedly learned throughout my life. Not only learning it, but applying it through faith in every situation that has come against me. And after I make it through I find that although things have tried to knock me down, I’m still standing.
I’ve been lied on and lied to. I’ve been misquoted, misunderstood, misinterpreted and mistreated, but I’m still standing.
I’ve been disrespected and disregarded yet, I’m still standing.
Been beat and bruised, persecuted and prosecuted, criticized and critiqued, but I’m still standing. Shot down and shamed, played and pained, and through it all, I’m still standing.
I’m like that blow up clown from years ago that got hit but bounced back up. Know why? That clown was filled with air, and his base was solidified with a material that kept it grounded. It’s secret was it’s center of gravity and no matter how many times you hit it, it went down but came right back up…still standing. Or look to the trees that have weathered many a storms; bark stripped off from the wind and the rain. They have literally been beat by natures forces, some tested through hurricane type winds. And yet, the stronger ones that were not knocked down in the storms are still standing, despite the many tests that they have endured.
The air that was breathed into me, the air that fills me daily is from the Holy Spirit who is my center and fills me from head to toe, and it is through Him that I am grounded in Jesus Christ. So no matter how many times you try to knock me down be rest assured that as long as my feet are solidified in Him on the foundation of my faith, I will rise back up. He rose again so that I too can in Him and nothing in this world can keep me down.
Shake me, fake me, hurt me or burn me, kick me whip me, slander or shock me, you can’t keep this woman of God down…I’ve already been crucified with Christ so it is no longer I who lives but Christ living in me, and I can do ALL things through Christ who is MY STRENGTH.
What does not kill you will make you stronger, but that strength is magnified only through Christ by way of the Holy Spirit, and that is one of a few lessons that I have repeatedly learned throughout my life. Not only learning it, but applying it through faith in every situation that has come against me. And after I make it through I find that although things have tried to knock me down, I’m still standing.
I’ve been lied on and lied to. I’ve been misquoted, misunderstood, misinterpreted and mistreated, but I’m still standing.
I’ve been disrespected and disregarded yet, I’m still standing.
Been beat and bruised, persecuted and prosecuted, criticized and critiqued, but I’m still standing. Shot down and shamed, played and pained, and through it all, I’m still standing.
I’m like that blow up clown from years ago that got hit but bounced back up. Know why? That clown was filled with air, and his base was solidified with a material that kept it grounded. It’s secret was it’s center of gravity and no matter how many times you hit it, it went down but came right back up…still standing. Or look to the trees that have weathered many a storms; bark stripped off from the wind and the rain. They have literally been beat by natures forces, some tested through hurricane type winds. And yet, the stronger ones that were not knocked down in the storms are still standing, despite the many tests that they have endured.
The air that was breathed into me, the air that fills me daily is from the Holy Spirit who is my center and fills me from head to toe, and it is through Him that I am grounded in Jesus Christ. So no matter how many times you try to knock me down be rest assured that as long as my feet are solidified in Him on the foundation of my faith, I will rise back up. He rose again so that I too can in Him and nothing in this world can keep me down.
Shake me, fake me, hurt me or burn me, kick me whip me, slander or shock me, you can’t keep this woman of God down…I’ve already been crucified with Christ so it is no longer I who lives but Christ living in me, and I can do ALL things through Christ who is MY STRENGTH.
So say what you will and do what you want for all your actions begins with a thought, either you are with me or against me but what matters is not what you think of me but what you KNOW of me which is this…I’M STILL STANDING.
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." 2 Corinthians 4:8 - 9
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
"If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed." 2 Corinthians 4:8 - 9
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:2-4
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
"If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31
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