Have you ever been in a situation where it just seems like things are getting worse and worse and worse, and there's just no hope that anything is going to get better? I found myself, thanks to our good friends at YouTube, being shown depressing video after depressing video that just led me to believe that the world was going to hell in a hand-basket. It got to the point where I just physically felt different.

When things aren't going right, instead of letting it pull you down, look at it as a new adventure. Look at it as an opportunity to learn.

When God wanted to make David a king, He didn't give him a crown; He gave him a Goliath.

When God wanted to raise Joseph to the palace, He didn't give him a shortcut; He gave him prison.

When God wanted to make Esther a queen, He didn't give her comfort; He gave her a crisis.

When God wanted to make Moses a leader, He didn't give him a stage; He gave him wilderness.

A lot of times, when you feel like God's breaking you; He's actually building you. And what you have to understand is that God doesn't give us what you expect in life.

Geri Carlson's Hope Blvd Podcast.

Philippians 4:8 (NIV)

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God.

John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

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