Enduring Despair

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  • Fixed on Jesus

    As I sit here this morning with my cup of coffee, I spent some time reflecting on God’s faithfulness and how we can keep our eyes fixed on him. It is SO easy for me to go down a rabbit hole of worry and fear, but when my mind does this I am reminded of how I can’t think of one time Jesus has failed me. Every single day of our lives we have to depend fully on God and keep our fixed on Him and combat doubt that creeps in. So how do we… Read more

  • Learning how to Endure

    I picked a word for this year and Endurance is what came to mind. This has been a word that has always had great meaning to me. I can remember in my childhood room this verse being taped to my mirror “I will press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14) In order to press forward that requires endurance. There are always going to be many obstacles in the way of our path, but we have to ask ourselves if we will keep… Read more

  • When It feels Like The World Is Against You

    Lamentations 3:32 “ Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.” Habakkuk 2:1 “ I will take my stand at my watch post and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me, and answer I am to give to this complaint.” The hardest afflictions are those where there is no escape and that is definitely a frustrating place to be. Being sad is not being negative, is it actually a God given emotion and they are not meant to be stuffed… Read more

  • Why I Started This Blog And Biblical Basis of Despair

    Thanks for reading this. I felt that it was better for me to start a blog than post on my instagram or Facebook which might have felt like I am trying to influence or preach to others. Instead, this is meant to be a safe place for me and potentially others to communicate their authentic emotions. In our culture, despair is not welcomed. Pain and other types of bad news are rarely seen for what they. Not everything is going to be tied in a shiny “Christian” bow where the recipient is made happy by… Read more

Welcome to Enduring Despair. I’m Heather and I am so glad you are here. I hope you find this to be a place of encouragement as we learn how to endure through adversity.