He gives power to the faint, and to them that have no might
He increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29

Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart,
all you that hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24

About making the best of our circumstances:

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound:
every where and in all things I am instructed both to to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:12-13

Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such
things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave
you nor forsake you.”Hebrews 13:5

No matter what we go through, we can be conquerors.
Just Trust in God, and in the power of HIS might.

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EVEN IF IT'S DARK

He was a strong man facing an enemy beyond strength.  His young wife had
become gravely ill, then suddenly passed away, leaving the big man alone
with a wide-eyed, flaxen-haired girl, not quite five years old.

The service in the village chapel was simple, and heavy with grief.  After
the burial at the small cemetery, the man's neighbors gathered around
him.  "Please, bring your little girl and stay with us for several days,"
someone said.  "You shouldn't go back home just yet."

Broken hearted though he was, the man answered, "Thank you, friends, for
the kind offer.  But we need to go back homeâ?"where she was.  My baby and I
must face this."

So they returned, the big man and his little girl, to what now seemed an
empty, lifeless home.  The man brought his daughter's little bed into his
room, so they could face the first dark night together.

As the minutes slipped by that night, the young girl was having a dreadful
time trying to sleep...and so was her father.  What could pierce a man's
heart deeper than a child sobbing for a mother who would never come back?

Along into the night the little one continued to weep. The big man reached
down into her bed and tried to comfort her as best he could. After a while,
the little girl managed to stop cryingâ?"but only out of sorrow for her
father.  Thinking his daughter was asleep, the father looked up and said
brokenly, "I trust you, Father, but...it's as dark as midnight!"

Hearing her dad's prayer, the little girl began to cry again.

"I thought you were asleep, baby," he said.

"Papa, I did try.  I was sorry for you.  I did try.  Butâ?"I couldn't go to
sleep.  Papa, did you ever know it could be so dark? Why Papa? I can't
even see you, it's so dark."  Then, through her tears the little girl
whispered, "But you love me even if it's darkâ?"don't you, Papa?"

For an answer, the big man reached across with his massive hands, lifted
his little girl out of her bed, brought her over onto his chest, and held
her, until at last she fell asleep.

When she was finally quiet, he began to pray.  He took his little daughters
cry to himself, and passed it up to God.

"Father, it's as dark as midnight.  I can't see you at all.  But You love
me, even when it's dark and I can't see, don't you?"

From that blackest of hours, the Lord touched him with new strength,
enabling him to carry on.  He knew that God went on loving him, even in
the dark.

By Ron Mehl

When you reach the end of your rope
you will find the hem of His garment.

I have often felt that many things that bring us to our knees,
teach us while we are down there to learn to pray.

These possibilities are open to everyone. 
Don't tell God you are not good enough, do what He asks.
Don't tell God to send someone else, He asked you.
Don't tell God you don't have time to pray, He said seek me first.
Don't neglect the things of God.  He said we are to
pick up His cross daily and follow Him. 
Don't tell God anything is bigger than His ability.
God is the Great I Am, I am whatever you need.

There is no pit so deep, God's love is not deeper still.

Not my will but thine oh Lord.

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Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God