Gaining Ground

Sometimes it feels that we take 1 step forward only to take 4 steps backwards. We begin to get discouraged and believe that we aren't gaining ground. I have a spirtual brother who is addicted to crack cocaine and was feeling very down and discouraged the other day. The house where he stays has no water, and gas. His tags are dead on his vehicle, he owes the city for driving violations, and his family life is the pitts. He was ready to give up, and throw up his hands.

I asked him has he used, and he said no. I then asked him does he believe God is still in control? He said yes. I then got excited, and exclaimed to him that he does not see the blessing in all of this chaos. I said you just don't see it. He wanted to know what. I told him that the friend I knew last year, or 10 years ago would have smoked crack with all of this trouble going on. I told him that last year if he was in this perdicament that he would have been stealing and robbing trying to get high, and the blessing is that all of this is going on, and you have not used. Look at God. He got excited and then told me "G, this is the first summer in 28 years that I have not taken a drink or used a narcotic." I told him although it may seem that he is loosing ground, he really is gaining ground!

Before you decide that nothing is going right and that it's time to quit, make sure you do the proper evaulation of your life.