Fight…
Fight through the tough times
Fight through the pain
Fight through life’s sucker punches
Fight through the desire to give up
Fight through the hate
Fight through the doubt
Fight through the depression
Fight through the sickness
Fight to stay on your feet
Fight until you hear the final bell
Fight until God tells you it’s okay to stop fighting
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Fight…
Because quitting is for all those other people
We’re Fighters
Fighting is what we were born to do
No matter how many organizations you join, how many groups you belong to, how many friends you have on FB or in real life, how big your family is, or even if you’re married; you will find there are some parts of your life that you have to walk alone to get to the place God wants you to be… and it scares us…
…scares us, to think we will find ourselves somewhere beyond the reach of our family, the support of our friends, and the love of our spouses. It’s terrifying to think we might end up in a situation where even our cries to God seemingly fall on deaf ears… but it’s necessary…
…necessary for us to have our faith tested so that we can grow, so that we can become better human beings, so that we can learn to believe and trust in the path we’ve been called to walk. It’s not that our family and friends are gone, or that God has stopped listening and loving us; they’re not and they haven’t… the truth…
…the truth is on the path to our destiny, we will all reach a point of solitude and loneliness. We will all get to a point where we want to quit and consider going back to the comforts of where we’ve been because it seems easier that way. My brothers and sisters, that’s where we need to rely on our faith. That’s where we need to have the courage to take that next step. That’s where we have to know, the burdens we carry our necessary. The darkness we endure is just a small part of our journey… and if we continue moving forward, we will arrive at a place more beautiful than any that we’ve ever been… God is…
…God is not a religious concept of a being in the sky looking down at us. God is a part of all that we are and all that we do. Don’t lose focus on the way to your greatness. The journey has always been designed to break you down and build you up.
When I see you at your lowest point
I don’t see ugly
I see uncertainty
as you try to balance the weight
of walking God’s path
while simultaneously trying to fit into man’s world
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When I see you at your lowest point
I don’t see ugly
I see insecurity
as the damage of the years
of negative attacks
from your peers
and even your family
start to weigh you down
with enough doubt
to make you wonder,
what if they’re right
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When I see you at your lowest point
I don’t see ugly
I see a work in progress
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Someone who’s battle tested
and scarred
yet still fighting
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Someone who’s been beaten up
and kicked while they were down
but still getting up
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Someone who’s been doubted
and told they would never amount to anything
yet still chasing their dreams
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Someone who’s fallen short
and been labeled a failure
but still has the audacity to believe
God has a plan
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When I see you at your lowest point
I don’t see ugly
I see someone
who needs to breathe
reflect
to remember all those other times
when you fell in a hole so deep
that you never thought the light would
find you again
just before you did something amazing
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When I see you at your lowest point
I don’t see ugly
I see beauty
I see power
I see resilience
I see life
I see light
I see love
I see infinite possibilities
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I see dreams,
Your dreams
coming to fruition
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I see truth and destiny
just within arms reach
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I see you,
right on the verge
ready to ignore your fear
just long enough to say I do
to your greatness…
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and why not
you’ve already come this far..
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