To my dear friend

My lovely friend is going through a tough time. I truly believe the Devil is trying to tear her down. We have all been there. We will feel like nothing is going right and we are being hit from every angle. I am praying for you. I tell you this repeatedly. I can't do anything but pray. Here are my favorite Bible Verses and quotes that help me through a rough time. I hope it helps.

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Proverbs 11:27 Anyone can find the dirt in someone. Be the one who finds the gold.

F. Scott Fitzgerald For what it's worth: it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

Romans 5:3-5 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

C.S. Lewis Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point to move forward.

Your journey has molded you for your greater good, and it was exactly what it needed to be. Don't think that you've lost time. It took each and every situation you have encountered to bring you to the now. And now is right on time.

You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

Pema Chodron Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.

You are allowed to terminate toxic relationships. You are allowed to walk away from people who hurt you. You are allowed to be angry and selfish and unforgiving. You don't owe anyone an explanation for taking care of yourself.

And lastly, my favorite:
1 Peter 5:8-10
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast.