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Not Easily Broken: 

Wow as i was thinking about this and the title of what I would name this, It reminds me of myself and so many other people that may be going through situations and trials, storms or whatever test you may be facing right now... This message is geared to help you.. Remember that you never have to be submissive to your struggles... God has already given you the resources to get through every situation you have seen..

My advice to you all in these situations is remember who you are hurting and feeling like there is no where to go. I started to realize over the last few weeks that I am still living, and I haven't been through as much as most people have. But i am living and I am living well, very healthy for the most part, 4 broken legs, a car wreck that flipped 8 times that could have taken my life, a lot of bad decisions.. But God... God will allow us to bruise, bend, and stretch but he never allows us to break.

One thing i can say about a lot of our situations is that Life goes on, I know it may take a while and I know you may hurt for a while, but one thing to remember is that life goes on. My favorite thought about the situations is Not Easily Broken. I have been hurt in the past before and you always have to look at yourself and your life and not allow your spirit to be broken by the situation, don't allow your character to be broken by the situation, don't even allow your heart to be broken. Yeah you might say how is this possible? Well a bruise hurts!!! No one ever said that you wouldn't bruise, but a bruise is so much easier to care for than completely being broken..

i have come to realize those people that are broken completely shut themselves off from everything that they once knew especially in a woman's case she will completely shut the world down around her. And that's not good for your health. There are many people that are out there that try to break you on purpose, they try to ruin everything that there is about you, your name your life your character everything that you are, they will try to ruin, they will put you at your lowest of lows and think that they have you. But you can't allow yourself to be broken.

An example just an example is Jesus Christ himself, this man endured more pain than anybody in this world could ever imagine but he never allowed them to break him. All the bruises that he had he never allowed himself to be broken, you could almost not recognize him but he was not broken. SO much can be learned from this lesson.

Apples bruise but they can easily be repaired, just cut back the bruises and they are perfectly fine. You're body can be bruised but it heals with almost no sign of pain ever being there. A broken bone will never heal back the same way that it was before it was broken, some are held up by screws some just dont grow back in right, but you will always know that it was broken..

One thing I am continuing to learn is that the things in life we go for are test.. I'm learning that you can't have a testimony without first having a test. We can't be elevated to the next level in our faith, our blessings, our gifts without first showing faithfulness and showing strenght. We never realize that 99% of us are either going into a storm, in a storm, or coming out of a storm. THe best thing to do is to learn how to dance in the rain, because when you can't go over the best option that you have is going through. But you have to learn how to give thanks in all things and give praise in all things. Dear God, I know i do not have this, I know I am going through this, I know i see this, but Thank You. Thank you For everything...

Sorry this note was so long but so much on my mind right now and I just want to let anybody out there know, SMILE like its all you know how to do, don't hide the pain but allow yourself to heal, allow someone to help you heal, allow someone to care for the bruises and bring all the functionality of your life and heart back to a completely restored place. this is all

Dear God, I love you, I thank you. I just want you to know that for once I am not asking you for anything, all i want to do is say Thank you.

Emmanuel Rashad

P.S.A- Stop allowing people think that they have rule over your life and over your situation, own and copyright everything that you are, because we are a strong people and no one can break us but ourselves, you can bruise me but you can't break me