Guest blog post by 2024-2025 American Legion Auxiliary National Chaplain Monique Batiste
 
It may look impossible today, but you must believe. That look of impossible doesn't mean you won't get your breakthrough tomorrow. Just because things are really hard right now, does not mean it will always be this way. 
 
Just because one person let you down, it doesn't mean everybody else will too. Just because you didn't do well in a certain area, it doesn't mean you won't succeed on your next try. Just because you can't figure out how things are going to work out, it doesn't mean they won't work out. 
 
Stop confusing your due date with God's appointed time for you. Your job is to simply keep trusting and believing that God is going to do it. God is going to fix it. He is going to work it out. God is the one working the miracles. 
 
It can be hard and oftentimes challenging. But if we keep the faith, trust, and believe, God will make a way when it looks like there is no way. God will create a path and a plan you never saw coming. God will open doors for you that you thought no key could open. God will sit you at a table with the right people and present unbelievable opportunities for you. All you have to do is believe. 
 

Dear God,
 
Help us to remember when we trust You, all things are possible. When the way seems rough, You are in the background working every issue out for us. Keep us grounded in faith so that we don't lose our way. So that we never feel alone. Give us the guidance we need to be a positive light for others who may have lost their faith. Give us strength in all we do. 
 
Amen.