To say that life is “tough,” seems like an incredible understatement. Just when we think things couldn’t get any worse, they do. Like a rubber band being stretched too far, we break, and there is pain. It is often difficult to put into words the helplessness and hopelessness we feel as we walk through valleys of life; but one word seems to sum it all up, “despair.”

Whatever it is you’re facing in your own life, it’s easy to believe that you may not have the strength to make it through; our greatest fear is that we might not make it out of this valley. But if you read Psalm 23, you come to realize, that God says, He leads us “through” the valleys. It also says, God leads, guides, and protects us.
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One thing is for certain in this fallen world, we need to have faith in God. Without faith in God, we are going to walk day to day in fear, uncertainty, discontent, despair, depression, and hopelessness. But with faith in God, we can be certain that our pain will turn to joy, our fears to great strength, and our ashes to beauty (Isaiah 61:3). Through our faith, we are certain that we are more than conquerors and we can claim Victory in every area of our lives.

So the question is, “Where is YOUR faith?” Have you seen it lately? Maybe you left it at your bedside last night, or left it at the door as you left your home for the day, maybe you left it in the valley of your last trial and tribulation you faced. Wherever you left your faith, it’s easy to find, when you look to God for help.
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by Cherie Hill

Do you ever feel like God is no where to be found? Have you ever poured your heart and soul out to Him, only to be left with nothing but silence? Does it ever seem that every time you take a step of faith, you are faced with something that contradicts it? Have you ever felt like God should have been there and He wasn’t; He could have helped, and He didn’t? The question we must ask ourselves is not, “Where is God?” but, “Where is our faith?” (Matthew 8:25)
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