OPPOSITION! IT IS REAL! | 12.16.19

Hi my dear friends!!!

I deeply hope this letter finds each of you happy, healthy, cozy, and brim with Christmas cheer!!

It has been a tougher week for this particular Hermana Rasmussen for certain. Some emotional lows kinda out of nowhere, that is no fun! 

But nonetheless we had some miracles amid the chaos. Met some groovy members here Rowlett, ate homemade flour tortillas (MEGASCORE), and learned a lot about myself. 

I am grateful that Heavenly Father doesn't expect us to be doing or feeling our best 100% of the time. Even though, yes, it would be top notch to be feeling and doing fantastic all of the time, we do not! These trials can rock us to the very core. A lot of times, like often in my case, the trials we experience make zero sense and can hit right out of the blue. But I can absolutely say for certain that God will deliver us and sometimes we have to struggle to the point of knowing of a surety that is was GOD who delivered us-- because it is to the point of not being able to even feasibly helping your own situation. 
Is that making sense? 
Isaiah 40:29
"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength." 
Sometimes we need to recognize how weak we truly are to receive the strength he offers us in the depths of a certain struggle. 

Well, I love you all and desire you to experience a glorious holiday season!!! 

I care about you deeply! 

Here is my address if you would like to correspond or send me a CHRISTMAS CARD !! 

3900 Main Street apt 1230 
rowlett texas 75099

Con cariñooo

Hna Ras 

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