Shades of November

My 11th month pretty much has been a journey of 

I-don't-want-to-feel-this-way-again. 

It was draggy. It was difficult. It was lonely.

My few last posts quite painted a picture of what I was going through. But thanks at last... it's the 30th! Today is November's last day! Yay! I don't actually know for sure if November in itself has something to do with it as I was quite like this too, last year. I'm just thinking --- either what I've felt was: 

a given, understandable, destined feeling,

or a choice.

Or maybe both (?).

On the lighter side, now that I am back on the groove, pretty much back to my normal self, I plotted my 11th month in matches and in shades.

By God's grace I now rise from a pitch black - gray - blue - feeling, to a greener, full of hope spirit. I am a runner. I am winner. I am a victor. 

I believe we are called to rise above our situations. Beauty for ashes.

To November next year, may I make a request? Please be kind to me because 

I don't want to feel this way again. 

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Hebrews 12:1-2

New International Version (NIV)

12 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

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2 Corinthians 1:3-4

New International Version (NIV)

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.