Refreshment For a Weary Soul

• A verse that has encouraged my heart through this current journey presented before me of transforming my heart from a heart fearful and anxious to that of a lion, courageous, defeating fear.-
  "May He strengthen you, in His glorious might, with ample power to meet whatever comes with fortitude, patience and joy, and to give thanks to the Father."-Colossions 1:11,12

• Here is a quote and veres that go hand in hand, which in this point in my life, has brought things back into perspective.
  - “Take the very hardest thing in your life- the place of difficulty, outward or inward, and expect God to triumph gloriously in that very spot. Just there He can bring your soul into blossom.” - By Lilias Trotter
  
  “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.” - 1 Peter 1:6-7 -We go through these hard times of refining or growing into the likeness of Christ and often forget that God and God alone has either brought this about or has allowed this to happen in our life for our good, to mature us in Christ.