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Life is full of ups and downs and can even throw you through a loop!

We are all on a roller coaster called "Life."  So how do we deal with the ups and downs?  Are we screamers, do we go pale and become white knuckled?  Do we bury our faces in our hands, or shut our eyes blocking everything out?

Life is fine when you're going up and that's where we'd all like to stay, however a downhill will eventually head our way.  We need to be prepared for that hill.  We need to identify what kind of spiritual rider we are and ask God to change us into a rider who's arms are held up in full surrender to Him.

Believe it or not, it's during the downhill times that our spiritual growth takes place.  God allows difficulty to come into our lives to bring us into a deeper dependency on Him and a deeper relationship with Him.  It's up to us to learn what God is trying to teach us and to trust Him through it.  With each step of trust and each learning experience God transforms us into His likeness.

After a while we'll find ourselves trusting God even during our down times.  Then just when we think we have this trusting thing all worked out, we get thrown through a loop or two or three.  Is God trying to bring us even deeper into Him?  Well I have found myself questioning if I really want to go.  It hurts, the pain is to great!  But where else would I go?  I can only remain faithful and learn to trust even more.  If you are on the verge of giving up, I would like to encourage you to remain faithful.