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Tired already?


2021 is here with tons of positive vibes and jolly good feels, in spite of the pandemic and its ripple effects.

Some people hit the ground running. You? Maybe, maybe not. Either way, there's so much excitement about the calendar transition into a fresh trip around the sun, such that people downplay some existing issues and realities which still linger.

Maybe you are/were affected. Maybe 2020 was really a bumpy year for you. Maybe you're one of those who got a pay cut, lost your job, worried about the next rent, your kids' school tuition, or even the basic day-to-day need of catering to your family's welfare. 

I know someone really needs this. 

The new year has rolled in, but not much has changed for you. 1st of January was just another day in the calendar for you. Today is the 12th day of the new year, and you already feel the year may take a similar route as last year. You may be tending towards frustrations and feels of disappointments. You may feel alone, hurt, misunderstood and hopeless.

I know that feeling of uncertainty. Like, seriously, I know it. Where you wake up each day not sure about how it's going to be. How you're going to get through the day facing the same obstacles and the same hurdles. Yet, God kept you and you somehow manage to trudge through, till the setting of the sun. You feel everyone sneers at you, silently or in their psyche, and thinks so lowly of you. Your esteem is so deflated because of past failures, and all those lapses seem so close now that the trajectory of your life is taking a downhill drive.

Listen.
It's too early to be tired. 

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 NIV)

Listen.
God didn't bring your life and your entire world this far to leave you all by yourself. You are still here, reading this because He has a flawless plan for your life. Will you trust that His ultimate design for your life is beautiful, perfect, excellent and full of glory? Will you get up from the ashen grounds of despondency and fill your heart with His word of hope?

Be encouraged. The sun's just rising over the new year, and believe me, the year is LOADED. 

Don't give up. Get up.
Don't lean back. Look up.
Don't roll back. Rise up.

 ...we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. (Psalm 66:12)

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