A personal prayer asking for strength to face hardship without taking shortcuts. The speaker frames suffering as a test that expands the soul, and affirms that what's meant for them cannot be taken away, even when God's presence feels distant.
I want to share with you a prayer and meditation for certainty. I know that all of the darkness, all of the pain and anxiety that I see in my life is simply but a test to grow and expand my soul, but instead the excess of light that is coming into my life. I ask the Creator to give me the strength and the power not to ask for the easy way out, but the strength and power to expand my own vessel to hold this Light. I ask for the strength to know that what is mine is mine, and no one can take what has been destined for my soul. I know the Creator is guiding me and protecting me every step of the way, even in the times that I do not feel His presence.
