Soldiering On

There are times in my life when something simple will rock my world make me question myself.  If I didn't have God I don't know how I would go on, but He gives me that strength.  In the past I have suffered greatly from mental illness and every once and a while I get a little reminder of what that was like.  In the past I have even attempted suicide.  I got one of these little reminders this week and without my faith and without God to lean on I know I might have started a downward spiral, but God holds me and supports me and allows me to soldier on.  He allows me to use these little insights to have more compassion for those around me who still suffer.  At the Holidays this is even more important.