Free You're Strong Enough by Kassi Pontious Page A

the same type of abusive guy, over and over again and you have no idea why. It is because you have not learned to recognize an abusive guy or you believe you are not worthy of anything better.
    If you find yourself facing the same problem over and over again, your problem will never go away until you take it on, overcome it and learn from it. Life’s problems go away, or are easier to accept, when we learn the lesson. Our trials are for our learning and growth. They are the best way God could test us, to see if we would choose Him and be worthy as heirs in His Kingdom.
    It is important you use your strengths and talents and prayers to overcome the obstacles that you are facing, so they won’t repeat themselves. Let the lessons of life build character in you, so you can become stronger for the next trial that God has in store for you. God uses our trials as building blocks to better things, like becoming heirs in His Kingdom. Remember, your trials were handpicked for you, for your ultimate learning and growth. They are something you accepted in the Preexistence.
    Perspective on Your Acceptance
    It may be hard for you to believe that you may have agreed in the Preexistence to have these trials in your life. If you knew you did, wouldn’t that give you the power to change, accept and be happy in this life no matter what? Changing your perspective on your family, trials, challenges and weaknesses can assist you in becoming more powerful about the way you handle them.
    Let’s say you had a dream of your future wife and you knew the dream was going to come true. Wouldn’t that give you the confidence when you did finally meet her, for you to win her heart?
    The concept is the same. If we knew we accepted our trials before we came to Earth and that God gave us what we would need to overcome these trials, wouldn’t that give you the strength and confidence to achieve your quest no matter what?
    Look at every challenge as a stepping-stone. View trials as things you can learn from and a reason to draw closer to your God. Let’s say while you were in the Preexistence you were watching others go through their obstacle course on Earth. You saw someone climbing a mountain. As you watched this person climb (i.e., cancer), you knew that you could do the same mountain. You knew that type of trial was something you had the strength and courage to handle.
    Now if you were to believe that you could scale a mountain, overcome cancer, wouldn’t that give you the confidence to accomplish that task here on Earth?
    By believing we can accomplish the things that are placed before us, we have won half the battle. Our belief will serve as power to defeat the dragon who tries to get in our way. If you can change your perspective and accept that you chose these trials, how much more confident and powerful would you be in your own life? If you can change your perspective, you are able to change how you overcome things.
    Trials themselves do not define you. What defines you is how you act in those circumstances you are confronted with. If you can change your perspective about your trials, then they will become easier to learn from and overcome. Next time a trial or challenge comes along your path, step back and try to look at it as if you already conquered it. Perspective brings power and power brings success.
    Be strong. Be prayerful. Use your talents, strengths, armour of God and perspective to overcome any obstacle on your quest.

    Our Heavenly Father is wise and all-powerful. He knows when your trials are too much for you to handle alone. Therefore, He can provide assistance by sending you another human to help you or by sending you a miracle. Miracles are still performed every day for the benefit and use of man.
    Miracles
    The story I shared in the preface was full of miracles. The only way I could have succeeded on my quest to live with my father was by divine intervention. Miracles are happening all around us. Though we each have the strength