Be thankful for your testimony.

Your struggles, hardships, obstacles... all of it. Every event from your life have shaped and molded you into who you are now. In creating you, God did not simply end His work and deem you a finished product. Rather, He is continually guiding you down the path He has laid before you; with each step He is growing you in faith, strength, and maturity. Yes, we are all created in God's image. And yes, He continues to create "who we are" into "who He wants us to be" through our life happenings and endeavors. Our testimony is the story of God's work and the power of His presence in our lives     past, present, and future. Find the joy in all you have experienced and overcome; see the benefits that have reaped from even the darkest of days. He was there through everything, He is there through anything, and He will be there through all things.

"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'"
{Jeremiah 29:11}


"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."
{2 Corinthians 3:18}


"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
{Romans 8:28}


"Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ in all your ways acknowledge him,
    and he will make your paths straight."

{Proverbs 3:5-6}