Holding On for Just One More Day: How Average looking People Often Feel Cheated By God

It’s strange how Satan can influence us by putting one thought after another in our heads. I was talking to my daughter this morning and she mentioned that tomorrow is her four year anniversary of being sober. I feel so blessed and thankful that, through God, she has achieved sobriety! I am so proud of her.

I went out to the kitchen, after our conversation, to make a cup of coffee. A thought came into my head about a bracelet my father had custom made for my mother. She too had been a recovering Alcoholic. For every year she remained sober he added a new diamond to her bracelet. It was beautiful!

I begin to wonder where that bracelet was. I inherited it years ago when both of my parents died. I was a young woman then, an only child with not much help. I suddenly remembered, something I had forgotten, that in difficult circumstances being a single mother, I had to sell that bracelet. Guilt flooded my mind as I begin to feel badly the Lord reminded me I had not had any other options at that time.

My thought then, being led by the evil one, turned to thoughts about how my children’s father had paid me half of what he should have for child support. I was advised by an attorney that he should be paying twice as much as he was paying. But, me being good ol’ sweet Cathie, I let him continue to do so. My thoughts were that by leaving it at the lower amount he was paying every month and if I raised it perhaps he wouldn’t. I considered that he had a right to live and eat too. In the meantime it put me in financial dire straits.

His second wife was very beautiful. I knew, with average looks, I couldn’t hold a candle to her. But when they divorced, because she was wanting to be with someone else, he discovered that as she she had taken with her $32,000 of his savings.

Satan led my thoughts to a picture in my mind of her and him at one of my son’s weddings. They were divorced but my son still invited her and her boyfriend to the wedding. Even though she had stolen $32,000 from him, my ex made a beeline to her table in front of her much younger boyfriend, and asked her to dance. He had not even thanked me once for keeping his child support very manageable. In top of that, even though we were parents of the groom, he never asked me to dance at the wedding. She was beautiful and I am average and, like most men, he was blinded by her beauty which trumped my kindness to him.

One thought like this, after another, was leading me to bitter thoughts and feelings of self pity. I began to think about my low self esteem and how my own mother’s cruel statements about my looks had planted those seeds early in life. I then begin to think about my constant struggles to keep myself slim and attractive. I begin to think how tired I was of that, and how I would like to be loved just as I am. I thought how beautiful women didn’t have to worry about “making the best of what they had.” Thoughts of giving up flooded my mind.

One thought had led to another fueled by Satan’s mission to “kill steal and destroy” our lives through our thoughts. I begin to say to God, “ Why didn’t you make everyone great looking? Things come easily to beautiful people!”

In the midst of life’s challenges and struggles, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and tempted to give up. The weight of our burdens can feel heavy, and the road ahead may seem long and uncertain. However, in times like these, it is important to remember the words of 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, which remind us of the hope and strength we have in Christ.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

These verses offer a powerful reminder that our struggles are temporary and that God is renewing us each day, even when it may not feel like it. They encourage us to fix our eyes on the eternal glory that awaits us, rather than on our current circumstances. This perspective can help us find strength and hope to keep going, even when the road ahead seems difficult.

When we feel like giving up, it can be helpful to take things one day at a time. Instead of focusing on the long journey ahead, we can choose to focus on getting through just one more day. By breaking our challenges down into smaller, more manageable pieces, we can make progress and find the strength to keep going.

Remember, we are not alone in our struggles. God is with us every step of the way, providing comfort, strength, and guidance. He sees our pain and hears our cries, and He is working all things together for our good. Hold on for just one more day, knowing that God is renewing us from the inside out and that a brighter tomorrow is on the horizon.

So, dear friend, take heart and don’t lose hope. Keep your eyes fixed on the eternal glory that awaits us, and trust in God’s plan for our lives . Hold on for just one more day, knowing that we are loved unconditionally, valued, and never alone. We have the strength to overcome, and brighter days are ahead. Keep pressing on, and remember that we are stronger than we think.

In His Unconditional Love

Cathie King-Miller