Turning Lemons Into Lemonade

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"It is interesting to notice how some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage, and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles," said Washington Irving.

We have all been inspired by remarkable people who rose above great adversity. Helen Keller never let life defeat her. Blind and deaf, Helen went on to establish a school for the blind. She took her adversity and reached out to help others. She took the lemons that had been handed to her and made lemonade.

Helen Keller said, "Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved."

What lemons have you been given, and how can you turn them into lemonade? It is with God's help that we can do all things (Philippians 4:13)!