{"id":677,"date":"2022-05-07T13:53:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=677"},"modified":"2022-05-07T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T13:54:30","slug":"strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=677","title":{"rendered":"Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Strength-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Strength-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Strength-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Strength-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">As we go through our lives and experience difficult things, we often discover that we have strength that we never imagined we could have.\u00a0 For strength doesn\u2019t come from what we already know we can do.\u00a0 Strength comes from overcoming the things we thought we couldn\u2019t.\u00a0 In the process, we learn that true strength isn\u2019t rooted in our own skills and abilities.\u00a0 It is rooted in our faith in a loving God who brings all things together for our good.\u00a0 And through this faith, we see that true strength is about standing tall despite our fears, and about getting back up again after we fall.\u00a0 True strength is in overcoming all the scary, difficult things that at first we thought we couldn\u2019t do.\u00a0 It is in the messy process of trying and stumbling and trying again.\u00a0 True strength is in carrying on, day after day, one step at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-black-color has-text-color\">                 <strong>The Willow<\/strong>\r\n            By Krista Longeway\r\n\r\nThe willow stands strong\r\nDespite wailing winds and relentless rain\r\nBranches bending but not breaking\r\nAs the wind tosses them to and fro\r\nLeaves fluttering and flailing\r\nYet clinging bravely to their branches\r\nThe willow\u2019s trunk\r\nGrowing gracefully from the ground\r\nReinforced by roots that reach deep into the earth\r\nAnd I, like the willow\r\nStanding strong amidst the storms of life\r\nThough circumstances change\r\nAnd the world seems wildly unpredictable\r\nStill I stand tall \r\nFirmly rooted in my faith\r\nThat God\u2019s goodness will prevail \r\nAnd that when the storm passes\r\nI will still be here, \r\nMy face turned towards the sun\r\nSoaking in the warmth and wonder\r\nOf love and laughter once again.\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we go through our lives and experience difficult things, we often discover that we have strength that we never imagined we could have.\u00a0 For strength doesn\u2019t come from what we already know we can do.\u00a0 Strength comes from overcoming the things we thought we couldn\u2019t.\u00a0 In the process, we learn that true strength isn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-hope","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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