Take Courage

“In the world you will have trouble, but take COURAGE, I have conquered the world." 

John 16:33

There's no doubt about trouble! We all have it in one form or another! It's the way we deal with it that defines us!

Some act as if everything depends on them. And then there are those who know there is Someone who never leaves them, the One who says, "Take COURAGE, I have conquered the world."

I have to confess I am of the second variety. In our business, we have to depend on God a lot especially since the pandemic started. All we knew of how to be successful at business (if we ever knew that) flew out of the window! 

We knew that we had to PRAY, PRAY, PRAY! My sister had her hair cut for the first time since the pandemic and she talked to the hairdresser. He confessed that all he did was pray morning, noon and night for an end to the pandemic. He did not have any customers, and many of his friends lost their jobs. He got to know a vegetable vendor and he would ask for the trimmings of the vegetables, what the vendor would throw away. Then he would cook it, and sometimes have enough to give his friends. He also said that now when he did home service, he found that his regular customers had white hair already, and both men and women have very long hair! He can say he has survived the pandemic! 

God is our PARTNER not only in our business, but our lives. We can depend on Him through thick and thin. We can take COURAGE in the future because Jesus has conquered the world. He has gone before us, He is already there in our future.