When People Let You Down

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 12:45 pm by Ashley Willis

When People Let You Down 2017-11-08T12:45:45-04:00 Ashley Willis

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Living anchored in God’s power doesn’t take the difficult stuff away, but it does allow us to walk through the difficult days without drowning.

I’m sure you’ve heard other stories much like mine where a man of God makes a big mistake. Or maybe for you it was a mother who walked out of her children’s lives not realizing the forever impact on those little lives. Perhaps a leader of a big corporation was caught stealing money or the nice man down the street was convicted of sexually assaulting children. Difficult stuff is everywhere. It affects each of us in one way or another. Living anchored in God’s power doesn’t take the difficult stuff away, but it does allow us to walk through the difficult days without drowning. When I think back on that day and the way my mom put her shoulders back and lifted her head, I now understand where her determination, resolve, and confidence came from. She had the power of God within her. It wasn’t her own determination or resolve to survive and thrive beyond the choices of another, it was God’s unimaginable strength that lifted her chin and calmed her shattered heart.
I don’t know what pain you’ve experienced in your life, but I do know we all have a past. When we tuck it away and pretend it never happened we waste something that God can use. Pretending our problems away doesn’t do away with them, it only compounds them. What if God can take that broken childhood, that difficult event, or that shattered piece of your heart and help someone? I know it’s hard to look at trials through a lens of “helping others” but it’s become a way of life for me. When I get my eyes off of what happened to me and onto what God has done for me, I begin to be able to share my story with a slice of hope rather than horror.
My past helps me pursue God more. When I remember all God has done, I know He is able to help me, to hold me, to anchor me in my hard times.

About the Author:

Micah Maddox is a women’s conference speaker, Bible teacher, writer, blogger, and author of Anchored In: Experience a Power-Full Life in a Problem-Filled World. She is passionate about helping women find purpose, peace, and calm in our chaotic world. As a pastor’s wife and mother of three, she contributes her time to MOPS and her local church – including serving as a women’s ministry leader. You can learn more about Micah and her new book at micahmaddox.com.

If you want to help share this message of hope with hurting women, you can join Micah’s Launch Team by applying HERE. But hurry, it’s only open to until July 28!

Connect with Micah on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/micahmaddoxencouragement/.

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