Faith's a lot stronger than what you feel.

There are honestly so many things I could be blogging about right now.
As through merely this one day, so much has happened.

But I choose to make this about you.



Nostalgic.
I guess that's what I'm feeling right now.

I miss you;
having you around.

It's funny, because all I really remember of you
is how often you smoked,
and how much I hated it.

The only memories I had of you
were the moments you weren't there for me,
when I needed you most.

And the 'love' I have for you
can't be real, can it?
If there's no trust at all?

I guess you can say that when you left,
you took a part of me with you.

Or a part of me died when you left me to.



You want to know something about life?
Everyone's going through the same shit.

We're all trapped in the same game, just different levels.
Trapped in the same hell, just different devils.

So feeling sorry for yourself?
Feeling depressed and upset?
Getting all emotional?

; is being deemed as being 'weak'.

You're vulnerable if you cry,
isn't this what it seems?

Because there's someone 'having it worse' than you?



I'm here to tell you; it's ok to cry
and it's ok to break down.

It doesn't mean you're weak at all.

It just means that you're brave enough
to admit you just aren't strong enough.

Please trust me when I say;
it is only after you've been put down
that you can be made stronger;
and lifted up higher.

So if you're going through a rough patch in life,
look up. Things get better.



This, my friends,
is what Jesus is about.

I am Christian because I am weak
and I need His saving,
and He will save me.

For if The Lord is with me,
who could be against me?

And whoever there may be matters not,
for the righteous will prevail
and the wrong will be set right.

However we must remember,
the things of earth are not the things of above.

It's all about letting go, and letting God.



For most of the early years of my life,
I was lost in losing a very important man in my life.

You don't understand the concept of religion at a young age,
but Jesus always has a way.

It is only at the start of my Secondary School life did I realise that
my Father had always been there all along,
guiding me and showering me with love; so strong.

My Father up in heaven.

And in Him; with Him,
you slowly begin to trust again.



If it weren't for my Saviour,
that man who died on the cross,
I would not be who I am today.

If it weren't for the angels in my life;
my family who's always been there for me through it all,
things would be different too.



Turn to Him when you are at your weakest.

Jesus didn't just die for the Christians,
He died for every single one of us,
no matter what religion, race, of all time and age;
My Lord died for you.



Keeping close ties with your family especially,
is what is also extremely important.
This I have come to realise.

And remember;
a family that prays together, stays together.



And keep your Faith burning alive.

That's the hardest part isn't it?
Because it can ignite at one point, and die out in a second.

What's difficult is keeping the flame going;
keeping it strong and hopefully,
igniting the ones around us in the hope they will also turn to our Lord.



But keep to yourself when it comes to prayer.
Do not mistake this with evangelisation.

Stay humble, work hard, and do all you can
to make Jesus proud.

Live a life worth living for the man so good,
the same man who gave us His sacrificial love.



God bless,
Shalyn.