Struck down but certainly not destroyed

I watch Parker, 3, and Sam, almost 2, run around like crazy little monkeys everyday. They have more energy than I have ever had and I am convinced that they have an endless supply. In the midst of their "monkeying around" I can almost guarantee that somebody is gonna get hurt, somebody is gonna trip over a toy, run into a wall, fall off the couch...you get my point. Sometimes, I hear a big cry, which means, "ouch that really hurts" but more often than not I hear a little whine, see them jump up, rub whatever area on their bodies has turned against them in that moment and start playing again like nothing ever happened. My boys have learned the art of being "struck down, but not destroyed" without even knowing it.

 2 Corinthians 4:8+9, " We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed;perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned;struck down, but not destroyed." Wow! I have certainly felt hard pressed, perplexed, abandoned and destroyed multiple times, but the truth is I am none of those things. I have said this scripture many times over my battle with this sickness. If we can get a hold of this truth, it will most certainly set us free in all areas of our lives.

Things feel a little hard pressed on every side, but I remember that I am not crushed by the pressure. Perplexed...uh, definitely, all these questions floating around in this brain of mine could lead to despair, but no. Persecuted, who hasn't been? But I hear God say, " I will never leave you or forsake you". Struck down, well I feel this a lot more lately than I'd like to admit, but then I remember...not destroyed! Because of my relationship with a merciful, amazing and loving God, I am free from being crushed, despair has no place, I am never alone in this life and no destruction is allowed to overcome me! 

To tie into my last post, regarding losing fear and doubt in my life, this is one of those truths that is certainly helping me to move forward. If God be for us, who can be against us? Nothing, nobody! I am more than an overcomer and I am going to continue to allow God's word to set me free!