WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Have you wondered why you weren't worth fighting for?

Have you ever been talking to a friend who asked you why they weren't worth fighting for?

Wondered if you had just said one more thing, did one more thing than someone would have fought harder, or longer for you?  

Have you sat with a best friend, or a child, a sister or a brother, a niece or a nephew who asked you what they could have done different so their spouse would have fought harder, longer, stronger, more fiercely for their love?

I have.

I've been in just about every one of those scenarios.

I struggled for many years of wondering why I wasn't worth fight through heaven and hell for.    Why  he gave up so easily.  

Maybe he didn't.

Maybe I didn't see the weeks, months, maybe even years when he was fighting for me and I didn't even realize it

Or maybe he did give up without a fight.

I've heard of two miraculous stories that God is still writing, where through fervent prayer and persistence, and never giving up, God is in the process of restoring marriages.

But what about the countless marriages that were prayed over and one of the spouses was persistent as all get-up to save the marriage, and it still ended in divorce.  

Did God ignore the prayers of His saints?  

Is prayer not enough?  Doesn't God give us the desires of our heart?  At least if our desires are pure and righteous?

I don't know all the answers, I wish I did.  But I know this, I AM WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

God sent His only Son to this earth to fight for us.   For you and for me.  

He didn't give up when sin entered the world and we were separated from Him for eternity because of that sin.   Instead, He sent his sinless and pure Son, Jesus Christ, to the earth as an atonement for our sins.  He FOUGHT for US!

I don't know the demons someone else is facing.  I don't know why there are some who didn't take their vows seriously when they said until death do them part, in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad times, for richer or for poorer.  I don't know why.

But I've finally accepted, without a shadow of a doubt, that I am totally and completely worth fighting for.  

What lies are swirling around in your head that are convincing you that you aren't worth fighting for?  Maybe it's a parent that abandoned you at a young age.  Maybe it's a broken marriage, a strained sibling relationship.  Perhaps it's a best friend that betrayed you.  

Whatever it is, whomever it is, I want you to go to a mirror and look at the reflection you see and say to yourself "I'm worth fighting for."   Then tomorrow, I want you to get up and look in the mirror and tell yourself  "I'm worth fighting for."  Each morning I want you to repeat that until you no longer have to convince yourself but you know it in your spirit.  

It may take you 2 days, it may take 2 months.  It may feel stupid or cheesy.  You may feel like it's the stupidest thing you have ever done, but trust me, one day you're going to look back on those mirror "talks" and remember the day that you didn't have to convince yourself anymore, you knew it deep down in your gut.  

I feel like every once in a while I have a relapse.  I hear of someone that never gave up, never quit, never stopped fighting and God honored that dedication and committment and I wonder why not me.

But you know what, the moment those words leave my lips or enter my mind...I'm reminded of the manger and the cross and that I am worth fighting for.

If you're struggling with not feeling worthy enough to fight for, know I'm praying for you.  I may not know your name or your particular situation, but I'm praying for you nonetheless.  If you want someone to pray for you specifically, for your specific need, feel free to shoot me a PM or a text.  

I know God can restore and renew.   But he can also make new!  Your story isn't over.   A chapter may be over.   The first book in a series may be complete but God's not finished writing your story.   He's got so much more for you so don't live in the pages of a chapter already been published.   Begin on the journey of your next volume and trust God with blissful anticipation for what He has in store for the next adventure.   

Above all, when you don't know how you're going to get through, remember...God's Got This!