When The Victory...

You can win battles and still feel broken.

You can get everything you once prayed for and still feel like something’s missing.

And that doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful. It means you’re human.

The mistake is thinking pain disappears when progress arrives. But sometimes, the fight gets louder when you level up. Why? Because spiritual warfare doesn’t honor milestones.

Even now, the thoughts return:

“Why am I still here?”

“Why do I feel this way when I’ve already overcome so much?”

“Why does the day I was born feel like a weight instead of a gift?”

There are no easy answers.

But there is still breath in your lungs—and with that breath comes authority.

Authority to fight.

Authority to cry out to God with brutal honesty.

Authority to stand, not because it feels good, but because the war requires it.

Every time you choose endurance over escape, you take territory.

And you prove—again—that victory isn’t about how you feel.

It’s about what you choose, even when nothing feels worth choosing.

~ Praise God

CarMichael | The Voice of Strength