Standing strong when there is a storm raging all around you takes great strength! We have been taught that strength is in building muscles for fighting physically or the way you have a witty come back every time someone attacks you verbally. Strength of character is similar but a bit different. This strength is found when you can continue to stand your ground firmly. Regardless of all that you face in this life. Strength is found in your determination to get through the storm!
Two years ago my WOVEN sisters (women of virtue empowerment network) held a seminar on "Flying Through the Storm", and I had the awesome opportunity to be a speaker. The best words of encouragement came from the person who invited me to join the group. As she introduced me she said, "I've had the pleasure of watching Cassandra go through the storm without an umbrella and when she couldn't get out of the storm she just walked through it". You don't always know who or when someone is watching your life. Your strength is not found in defending yourself, but in how you handle and come out of the storm.
For those who look for revenge, you have just put yourself in a position to behave in the same manner as the one who offended you. I'm quite sure that is not how you want to be thought of. So let go and maintain your "Standing Strength". Read Romans 12:19 to help you, "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord."
Remember to live your life victoriously!
