I didn't know my own strength

I didn't know my own strength

I love Whitney Houston's song 

"I didn't know my own strength"

I can't tell you how many times that I listened to this song over and over and over again...it was my mantra for the longest time.

There were so many times that this song applied to my life.

For those of you who don't know this amazing song, it goes like this..

"Lost touch with my soul, I had nowhere to turn, I had nowhere to go... lost sight of my dream, thought it would be the end of me.

I thought I would never make it  through, I had no hope to hold on to....

I thought I would break...I didn't know my own strength... I crashed down and I tumbled but I did not crumble, I got through all the pain....I didn't know my own strength...

Survived my darkest hour, my faith kept me alive, I picked myself back up, kept my head held high, I was not built to break... I didn't know my own strength

Found hope in my heart,

I found the light to light my way out of the dark, found all that I need here inside of me

I thought I'd never find my way, I thought I would never lift that weight, I thought I would break... I didn't know my own strength"

I know that there may have been many times in your life like in mine, that you hurt, that the people you thought you could trust, betrayed you, and broke your heart. You may hate your life, your circumstances, or you may be battling a demon.

 It may be that you're in a dark place right now, you don't think you can go on one more day. You can't see the sun from the dark place that you're been living in.

You're on the floor crying out to a God that you might not even believe in anymore but because you don't know what else to do...who else to turn to… you turn to him, to anyone who will help you as you feel so alone and lost.

See I know these feelings, I've been there...I know your pain because it was once my pain. You don't think you have the strength to go on, yet something inside of you pushes you to keep going. That tiny little voice says don't quit, and somehow you hold on even if it's to a faith you don't believe in anymore and even if it is as small as a mustard seed, you hold on, because you have nothing else.

Amazingly you get through it, one day at a time, sometimes it may take one minute at a time, and that's okay because one day the sun will start to come out, one day you will smile again. One day your hurt won't overwhelm your life, you can survive, you will survive....and you will realize that you too,  didn't know your own strength.

You will realize you were stronger than you thought you were, then others thought you were. Yes, you stumbled but you didn't crumble, you were down but not out. You will stand up victorious, your back will be a little straighter, your head held higher. You got this, you did it, and when you realize that, you will know that if you can get past that then you can get past anything that life has to throw at you.

I remember this was my mantra for years...I survived my mom's cancer, my dad death, my rape, an abortion and a suicide attempt all before my 16 birthday.

If I could survive all of that, I could survive anything until life threw me some more... lots and lots more but guess what?

I survived that too!

Remember that old song 

"Hit me with your best shot"

Well that's how you have to be, go on hit me but I will keep getting up and do it with a smile on my face and praise on my lips. I will be praying through this storm and every other one that will come at me.

See that's me and it can be you too, if you choose to believe in yourself.

So today my friends, my advice to you is to believe and to realize that you have the strength that you never thought you had in you. I promise you that you will be singing this song too, I didn't know my own strength.

You got this… trust and believe this doesn't have you.

"Be the change you want to see"

 

"And just when the caterpillar thought his life over...he turned into a beautiful butterfly"

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