{"id":813,"date":"2014-04-02T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T01:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/?p=813"},"modified":"2014-04-02T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T01:23:23","slug":"im-struggling-wow-write-on-wednesday-reading-time-2-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/02\/im-struggling-wow-write-on-wednesday-reading-time-2-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8217;m Struggling&#8221; (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! Reading time: < 2 minutes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n\" src=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n-300x252.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m STRUGGLING!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When do YOU hear those words? When do you say them; and what do you mean when you say, \u201cI\u2019m struggling?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been observing in myself and in others I\/we mentor or talk with and it seems that often (while it can be a simple and minor decision to be made) it can also be a pretty sure case of SIN\u2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m struggling in a relationship.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m struggling at school.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m struggling to make a decision.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI\u2019m struggling\u2026..\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take some time to take it back to the root\u2026and see if it\u2019s just a \u201cdilemma\u201d or if it\u2019s a SIN that you aren\u2019t dealing with that has you in a place of \u201cSTRUGGLING\u201d ~<\/p>\n<p>STRUGGLING defined:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To make strenuous effort against opposition<\/li>\n<li>To proceed with difficulty or with great effort<\/li>\n<li>Endeavor<\/li>\n<li>Attempt<\/li>\n<li>Try<\/li>\n<li>Contest<\/li>\n<li>Strife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Does this sound like it fits the situation in which <i>you\u2019re<\/i> struggling? Can you trace it back to a simple decision or dilemma or is it sin related? If it\u2019s a dilemma, then seeking counsel, praying through the process of decision making, asking for help, and taking some <i>positive steps forward<\/i> in the decision making process is a relatively easy (even if the issue is a challenge) process.<\/p>\n<p>HOWEVER, if it\u2019s SIN\u2026.get on your knees and ask the Lord to forgive you, ask the person(s) involved to forgive you, and STOP DOING THE SIN. If you\u2019re not willing to stop, you\u2019ll continue to struggle, and after a while, people really aren\u2019t going to want to hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>Phonies keep failing. The \u201creal deal\u201d deals with it. I hope each of us will make the right choice.<\/p>\n<p>Still struggling?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n\" src=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1011176_803066959706685_1548179535_n-300x252.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m STRUGGLING!&#8221; When do YOU hear those words? When do you say them; and what do you mean when you say, \u201cI\u2019m struggling?\u201d I\u2019ve been observing in myself and in others I\/we mentor or talk with and it seems that often (while it can be a simple and minor decision to be made) it can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}