“If you faint [lose heart, despair, or fall apart] in the day of adversity [trouble, anguish, affliction, distress] your strength is small [narrow]” (Proverbs 24:10, NKJV).
“If you fall apart during a crisis, then you weren’t very strong to begin with” (The Voice).
Are you agonizing over a crisis right now—a crisis over which you have absolutely no control? Perhaps it’s a wayward son or daughter, a seemingly insurmountable toxic addiction or habit, a crushing financial burden, or an incurable disease. You find yourself trapped in an emotional cul-de-sac—a dead-end street. You’re feeling spiritually drained—powerless to fix the problem. Deep in your heart there’s the nagging question, “How do I keep from giving up—throwing in the towel—when everything around me is falling apart— crumbling?”
Wait! Before you surrender to discouragement and abandon all hope…