Pass Like a Kidney Stone

“This to shall pass, It might pass like a kidney stone, but it will pass”

A very close friend sent me this quote the other day after one of our many heart to heart conversations about life.

Surely by now everyone knows that High school to now has not been the easiest period of life for me. So many different things have happened that some days it feels like I am a lightning rod for trouble and hardships.

I have had really rough couple weeks, and I have been pretty down and said on multiple occasions that I don’t want to be strong anymore. One of these occasions was in a conversation with my brother.

For those that do not know, I only have 1 sibling, My brother. It has been him and I against the world so many times I have lost count. My brother is one of the biggest support people and a HUGE part of my life.

His response to me was “You have been through so much and you keep making it out the other side. God has something planned for you and whatever it is is going to be freaking spectacular!”

When he said that he also sent me a set of Bible verses that are his go to verses for when he doesn’t want to feel strong anymore.

Psalms 118:18-19 NLT “18. The LORD has punished me severely, but he did not let me die. 19.Open for me the gates where the righteous enter, and I will go in and thank the Lord.”

When reading these I also remembered another verse. 2nd Corinthians 4:17 NLT “17.For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!”

The troubles and hardships we go though now seem HUGE sometimes. But compared to our whole lives and what God sees, they are nothing. They are just tiny pebbles in the road, not even considered a bump in the road.

The tiniest Pebble kidney stone can hurt, but when it passes, when it FINALLY passes the pain is gone and you can keep going. Just as strong if not stronger than you were before!