When I was 14, I was sent to boarding school for a year. It was hands down one of the worst years of my life. Bullying was rife, and things got so bad that my best friend begged me to smother him with a pillow. Needless to say, I didn't.
That said, these two verses kept me going throughout that year. Every single night, I would read these two verses over and over. It gave me strength to stick it out one more day. Then another. Then yet another. It's 26 years later, and I still find myself turning back to these verses whenever things get dark and dismal.
I passed through the rivers. I walked through the fire. I still do.
Believe me when I say this... You can too!