1 Samuel 17

     We have been through some overwhelming issues as a country and as American families.  One of my favorite radio/TV show host has started a movement for families and the country to face the challenges the country is facing within the next few years not only with faith, but also with the same policy of nonviolence, compassion and prayer as Dr. Martin Luther King seemed to do in the Civil Rights movement.  This movement is to begin on August 28, 2015, meeting in Birmingham, Alabama.  Although, my family and I can not attend I am been diligently participation by the forty day challenge of reading, studying and praying through the Bible passages along with a question and devotional that Glenn post to his Facebook page.  This has lifted my faith in God to where I can see the spiritual influence that has personally effected my life. 
     This week in particular has been rather rough because I have had to accept that life isn't going to always be on the straight and narrow just because I have done the right thing.  For example, my financial aid for school isn't always going to be there for me to use.  I went to the financial aid office to hopefully get something straightened out.  My emotions were running rampant and I could hardly get the words to come out of my mouth.  What I was forgetting was that God is in control and my character was being tested?  I was failing.  When I got home through prayer I was able to concentrate on my next move then again I always took longer than most to learn lesson that I am being taught.  What was the lesson?  It was to remember that all things happen for a reason and everything will be ok.  It took another round of where is my financial aid on the phone tears to get to this point, yet I am ok with whatever happens next week.  I am here at this point because of 1 Samuel 17.  The story where David defeated the Philistine.  David was up against a giant.  If we put this in my experience where financial aid is the giant, philistine army is Ivy Tech and I play the role of David the small kid with a sling shot.  I don't have a sling shot and I don't have a army.  This is where I was wrong.
     I was reading 1 Samuel 17, remembering that my army is my family always supporting and loving.  Who is supporting us all making away for the blessing that we are about to receive.  Its God.  It was David's faith in a living God that made it possible to defeat the giant. It is with my family's love and support created by the living God that will help me defeat my giant of the emotion connected to the idea of going to school this semester.  I may not attend next week or the entire semester, but that's ok.  There is a reason and I will accept God's will.