Overcoming Obstacles

I have had a lot of things to overcome in my life, some of them worse than others, but when I was in the fourth grade I had to overcome a major obstacle. My great grandpa got really sick around Christmas and had to be put in the nursing home. He was in the hospital for almost six-months and everyone thought he was going to be ok, but one night my mom got a call saying that we needed to come to the hospital quick. My great grandpa had a heart attack while he was asleep and he died. At the time I didn’t really understand how one day someone could be here and be ok and the next day just be gone. Me and my great grandpa were always close and after he died I didn’t know what to do. I just lost hope. I didn’t want to believe that everything was going to be ok.
For about two- weeks after his death I went through a really hard time. I lost hope in myself and I lost hope in God. It sounds terrible I know but I just didn’t understand. I didn’t understand how God could just …show more content…
I knew that God was going to help me overcome this obstacle like He had in the past. So one night I got down on my knees and I just prayed. I prayed and asked God to forgive me for turning away from him and I asked Him to help me. It’s amazing how answers your prayers because the next morning I got up and I felt good about myself, and for the first time in a while, I said to myself “Haley you’re going to get through this.” To overcome any obstacle you cannot rely on yourself or your family. You need to have God. God is not going to turn away from you and not listen. God is always going to be there through thick and thin. I am so thankful every day that I got down and I prayed because if I had not prayed and asked got to help me, I don’t know where I would be. I am not one to tell anybody about who or what they should believe in but if you want someone to always be there, bring God into your life and never take Him