Overcoming Life's Curveballs

Defeated… we have all been there.  Each day it seems you open your eyes to another catastrophe.  You pray for a break, a moment to breathe, or someone to make it all go away.  As each curveball is thrown your way you are certain you can’t take another one, and before you know it another flies straight for you.

I was so tired of those curveballs.  I couldn’t handle another gut-wrenching blow.  They were too familiar, too hard, and they had brought me to my knees.  First, I found out the person who promised to love me forever, who took vows before God and an oath until death do us part, had decided to break that promise .  Then, I was in a hospital bed fighting to keep my child inside of me just a little bit longer.  Before I knew it I was rushed to an operating table having my baby girl much too soon, and then I was sitting alone in the NICU wondering if she was going to make it through the day.  Before I knew it I was slammed with divorce papers, packing my entire life in boxes to travel halfway across the United States after a major surgery, and depleting every ounce of savings I had to do so.  Once we finally arrived back home we brought a stomach virus with us and someone from the moving company stole all of my jewelry.  I couldn’t take any more pain.  I was now a single mom with no job, no home to call my own, no income, and I was the most defeated I had felt in my entire life.

 

Looking back I realize that each of these moments when I was on my knees are the moments I grew the most.  I learned so much about myself, my capabilities, my faith, and my expectations of others.  Today, I am happy to say that even though my knees are dirty and my glove is worn… I am more blessed than I’ve ever been!  I am employed, my daughter is healthy and thriving, and I am building a new life for my little family.

 

If you are feeling defeated today...

If all of the curveballs have brought you to your knees...

If you feel like you can’t go on…

 

I want you to know that you can!  I believe in you!  I know you can make it through this, and most importantly, God knows you can too.  He knows how capable you are and He has wonderful things in store for your life.  So when that next curveball is headed straight for you I want you to put your glove back on, stand up, and catch it.  Don’t let it take you down!  The curveballs are only detours in this game of life.  Keep your glove ready, trust in God, and know that you will be up to bat again and the future awaits you!

“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.”  Jeremiah 29:11