Lord, Help Me to Keep Moving Forward

      Have you ever been in a situation, where you feel that you cannot take one more step? You feel tired and exhausted because you cannot find any rest for yourself. You feel there is never any let up to the obstacles that you face. When you get past one then another takes it's place. This causes your energy to become depleted. You want to keep moving forward but your body has become to weak to move your feet to go on. Your faith in God is still with you and your hope in him is still alive but your body and mind has become so tired. You look up into heaven and say, "Lord, help me to keep moving forward do let me to just keep standing still."
     It is like we are standing in three feet of snow and we still have a will to move forward but the wind is blowing so hard against us and every step we take is so hard to do. In our mind we ask ourselves when will this end and we pray to God rescue us so that we can continue on.
     I am not a quitter but in my mind there is a question to what to do? How do I move forward if I can barely move my feet? I must think deeply within my mind in how did I get to this place of being stuck and not being able to move? How did I work so hard and tried my very best and still in up in a place like this? My mind aches at trying to find an answer. Who cares, you may say to yourself if I do not move forward and stay and die in this state of mind? I say that your family will care, your friends will care, your sons, daughters and wife will care. If you have anyone in your life at all, they will care and God most definitely will too. However I must say that the world in general may not care. In these things lies your power to move.
      I see that maybe there are some ways that you can move forward. One way is from the help of your friends and family by their support and love. You can get strength through your prayers and worship of God. You can also seek out professional help through a therapist. Another way is that you can get mad at world and say, "If the world does not care if I stay here and die I will move forward in spite of them all." You can start by twisting and turning your torso. You can move your hands up and down and around. You can kick your feet in anger. You can still jump up and down. This is the beginning to moving forward again. Showing yourself that not all is lost that you can still move your body. By doing these things you are firing up your mind and your body to take few steps forward. You can say to yourself, "I will not stay here and die." Then push with all your might to take a step forward.
     We must find a way to free our mind and not be locked up in hopelessness. The world is still going to continue on whether we are stuck in one place or not. We have to find a way to adapt and move forward. By changing the way we think and by changing the direction we are going in maybe we can bend like a reed and not break like a rigid stick to find a way around our troubles. 
     I maybe stuck right now but I been stuck before and figured my way out. I have used perseverance and endurance and even by pure will power alone I have made my way forward. I do not quit or throw up my hands in surrender to the troubles I am facing. I will push forward even at a slow pace until I find a solution, an answer, a way through or a way around my obstacles in life. When you stop trying you start to become hopeless inside but when you continue forward and do not give up you show yourself there is still hope and that you will find what you are looking for. You are playing for more time. As the saying goes, "Time heals all wounds." Maybe all you will need is some time to heal and rest.
     I will still keep on looking and praying to God for my answers. I will not give up on my faith no matter how hard my life may get. God said in Joshua 1:9 " Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." Exodus 14:15 "The LORD said to Moses, "Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward." Psalm 32:8 "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you." Isaiah 40:29 "He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength." Psalm 73:26 "My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever."