I Stand!!!
I have been toiling for a long time and countering moves against my adversaries but I stand. I have endured temptations for decades and fought Satan's workers to the end but still I stand. I have been afflicted by betrayal and held in my grasp offenses and unfairness but I stand. I have been attacked by depressive thoughts and held hopeless and loneliness yet I stand. I have experienced sickness that was meant to hurt me and sustained injuries trying to keep me bound but I stand. And when I stand, I grow from faith to faith and victory to victory; I have seen the power of unconditional love and I have been engulfed in its presence, I stand. I have been forgiven and my life is not my own so daily I tell my flesh the spirit is king of the thrown, I stand. I have experienced Christ's grace especially in weakness when I stumble but he gives me strength and endurance so I can stand. I stand here today not because I am holier or wiser or even stronger than you but regardles