Standing Tall or Sitting Safe?

We are similar to a tree. We can have things in life happen that disappoint us, discourage us, sadden us and when we allow these things to deteriorate us, we erode on the inside. On the outside we are still living breathing normal appearing human beings but on the inside we are not even close to structurally sound. We are either sound or we are compromised.   It's ok to have less than desirable things happen in our life but we can’t let them erode us. God didn’t give us a spirit of defeat and if you are experiencing defeat its a choice. We choose to rise or we choose to erode.  These choices impact our ability to stand tall and walk in confidence in who we are created to be.