Resilient and Strong

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8,9 I believe that when you become a Christian and turn your life over to Jesus Christ, He puts something inside your heart and mind that makes you incredibly resilient and strong. In the book of 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul says that when you get this life inside of you — the life of Christ — you may be pressed, but you will not be crushed by it. You may be persecuted, but you will not be abandoned by God. There will be times when you are cast down, but you will not be destroyed.  The amazing thing about the power of the Gospel is that no matter how bad things get in your life, God can make your circumstances better …