Stuck In The Mud.....

One night i had a dream. I walked out my apartment door into the wilderness. Nothing but trees, high grass, and weeds for miles. As i made my way through, i suddenly couldn't move. I looked down and i was stuck in the mud. I began to sink. sinking deeper and deeper into the mud. i stuck my hand out and grabbed a branch that wasn't there before. I woke up before i could pull myself out. For days i tried to figure out what this meant. what was the message? At the time, i was going through so many things in my life. I had been ducking and dodging, bobbing and weaving through for so long and i finally realized that i was stuck! Depressed about my situations. That's when i began to sink deeper into pain, stress, burden. I talked about the dream and the problems with one of my OG's and he said, "who ever said that going through was a bad thing? God never said it would be easy, so yes we will go through problems, situations, hard times but it is when we stop trusting God to give us the strength to overcome is when we sink." Man.... All i could say is "JESUS." We get this idea, this vision in our mind that just because we roll with GOD it's suppose to be easy. Nah, bro.... God so loved the world, He gave his only son...His only son! So what makes us think it's gonna be all peaches and cream for us? Isiah 43:2 says, "When you have troubles, I am with you. When you cross rivers, you will not be hurt. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not hurt you." God's word is telling us, there will be rough times, hard days, times of need...BUT! There's always a but...If you keep moving forward. Fighting the stress, the depression, the difficulties, the reality of this world, just know.... He will never leave you or forsake you. So when you find yourself stuck in the mud, trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will never leave your side.