He is the source of all mercy

I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
"O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"
I believed, even when I spoke,
"I am greatly afflicted"; (Psalm 116:1-4, 10 ESV)

Is it not wonderful when you finally break through from a time of many challenges? You can finally look back at the day and say "wow, it finally got better". It is funny how we see life's challenges, often looking to the sky and asking "why me God? ". But when we step back we know that as a strong Christian,  the devil wants our souls even more. He will do anything to get them.

Keep strong in faith and stay in the Word. In the Word, you have all the tools necessary to fight off the devil. And remember that it is not an easy battle. In today's society, everyone looks for the easy route, the quick solution. It is especially true in marriages, where wemhave made it way too easy to just walk away. It needs to be harder, we need couples to understand the challenges in marriage and not to walk away from them, but instead to pray together and face them together as one.