Has the World broken you down?

Has the world broken you down?
I recently met this girl that was really down on her luck. Everything seemed to
be going against her. The world was sucking the life out of her or so it seemed.
Her husband had just left her. She had never worked before and had a one and a
half year old baby to care for. All at the ripe age of eighteen. So she was
forced into finding some sort of a job to pay her rent and feed her baby. She
didn't explain how but she ended up finding work as a dancer at a strip club and
this is where we ended up meeting. I became a listening ear for this young
woman. My heart broke for her. I wanted to help her anyway I could but it seemed
every circumstance worked against that happening. So here's the thing. To this
young woman it seemed like the world was breaking her down. And truthfully it
was. The world and all it's offerings, security, love, money, fame, etc... They
are all temporary. They leave you empty handed. How do I know this? I spent
most my life searching for the same things. They leave you feeling empty inside.
With a big void and no sense of real purpose in life. All the world has to offer
comes and goes with the wind. Nothing is concrete. Only when we surrender our
plans, our circumstance and our dreams to the one and only God do we begin to
feel like we belong. If your looking for a solid foundation, something concrete
that doesn't move with the wind then surrendering your life and plans to God
will put you on that journey to turning away from the world and starting a new
life in Christ. Now looking at this young girls circumstances and seeing what
the world is offering to her actually inspires me because I know that "The
world" has nothing to offer her, so it's good she finds this out for herself.
Because once we are broken down, we get desperate enough to hear about another
option in this journey called life. The option of surrendering it all to the One
who created this world and has a special purpose for each one of us. So if you
feel like the world has broken you down maybe its time to let God build you up
and create you to be all He planned you to be. Adieu. Lisa S