3 Minutes of Faith

In basketball, to start learning how to be a great player, you have to first learn the basic fundamentals. As you learn the fundamentals, you then add onto it to grow your skill set. Sometimes, if you get off, you have to go back to those fundamentals. I had to take a year off of basketball due to a ganglion cyst in my wrist making it painful to play. I got down knowing that I had missed a big part of skillset growth. I started practicing again recently since my cyst has not hurt as bad lately. I knew that after the long break, I had to start from the beginning. I used to think it got a little boring because I knew how to do it and could do it pretty well so I wanted to skip the fundamentals. However, I was left with less skill in shooting and dribbling. Once I realized how much the fundamentals helped me to grow as a player, I enjoyed them so much more, knowing that I was getting better and getting stronger. You may be wondering what this has to do anything. Well, think of life. Li...

This week I have realised that I keep telling myself, "Don't give up!" I was trying really hard to fix everything in my life and get control but I was met with the disappointment of realising again that I had failed. Through the years it became more fake feeling to say don't give up. I haven't given up, but I have felt more defeated than ever. I didn't understand how I could not give up and still be weak and defeated. I realised that I had not only begun to give up on trying to fix things, but I also had begun to give up on God. I felt abandoned by God because I didn't know if He was ever going to help me. I can type up a lot of devotions about how to trust God but it's a whole different thing to put into action in my life. I try very hard but I still find obstacles in my trials. I still have times of doubt in wondering if God is really apart of my trial. "If God was on my side, why have I gone through this for so long?" I had to learn tha...