Not Again

      How many times have we said those words, "Not again!" Sometimes life can be so cruel and unrelenting. You may have went through a bad experience over again. Like when your car breaks down and you fix it and then it breaks down again. You could have had a health problem that you thought you were over it and then you find out that it has returned. You might had to fix your house from either storm, water or fire damage and then sometime later you had to fix it again from the same kind of damage. Sometimes we have to deal with the same type of problem and we think to ourselves, "Not again." 
     We are only human and we can only take so much before we start to break. Our mind and our heart is not made out of stone. The problems we face in life can effect us mentally and physically. They can wear us down and make us feel tired from constantly trying to solve them and then having the same problem return again. Life makes you feel you have no control when you fix your house from storm damage and then you hear another storm is on it's way. What can you do but pick up the pieces over and over again. Not again we may say but life says yes, again.
     What can we do? We must continue on in our life, the best way we can. In the reality of life there will be good times and there will be bad times, we just have to endure the bad times to get to the good times. We can try our best to make sure that we experience more good times than we experience the bad. 
     How to face a problem that we have? We cannot linger on what should have been but on what we can do now to solve it. We must break down our problem into smaller steps that we can fix and then go step by step in solving it. Do not say, "It can only be done one way." but be flexible in your thinking and try another way if your original plan did not work. You do not have to go it alone you can seek out help if you need it. You can pray to God and ask for his strength and guidance and have faith that your problem we be solved.
     We must do our best to endure and persevere, even if the same problem keeps coming our way. We must not give up and give in to the hopelessness that we may feel. In time our life will be better. We just have to work through the 'Not again' times of our life knowing this will not last forever. We can trust in God to help us see through our problems and help us to find the answers that we need.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."

Philippians 4:6-7 "do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through him who strengthens me."

Psalm 46:1 "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."