Have you ever seen one of those ice crushers at work?

Place the ice cubes in the container, turn it on….and look out!

-The machine pushes, punches and spins forever, until every last piece of ice has been crushed. Those cubes are no longer cubes, and it is unsure if they can find a way out of the machine. The ice is not alone, and it will be used again, just in a different form. But what pressure those ice cubes were under!

That sounds like a silly illustration, but it almost describes the pressure so many people seem to be experiencing these days. I will just say it out loud….life can be tough, and the pressure is on! It almost seems surreal, the battles that are raging in individual lives. And with that pressure comes heartache and pain.

You may choose to disagree, which is your option, but I believe we are in the last days and the battle has intensified. I am so thankful for Jesus and the word that provides us comfort as we walk through these days.

This scripture is just one of many that the Father is using in my life right now, and my prayer is that it will encourage you in your battles and pressures!

I am so thankful that JESUS that is constantly at work in those of us that trust Him.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12Amplified Bible

⁸ We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; ⁹ hunted down and persecuted, but not deserted [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed; ¹⁰ always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are constantly [experiencing the threat of] being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced in our mortal body [which is subject to death]. ¹² So physical death is [actively] at work in us, but [spiritual] life [is actively at work] in you.