photo by D Sharon Pruitt
There will come a day, an hour, a moment when you say: “I’ve had enough.”
Who knows what may push you to the edge…another disappointment, someone cutting you off in traffic {or on the journey to your dreams}, opening the cupboard to find someone has taken the last cookie.
What’s important to know is that we all go to that place.
Even Jesus did in the Garden of Gethsemane before the cross when He said, “Let this cup pass from me…”
In other words, “I don’t want to be facing this right now.”
It’s human to grow weary.
It’s okay to want to give up.
It’s understandable to want to quit.
What matters isn’t avoiding those moments but instead learning to lean into them–or rather lean into the One who loves us.
“Yet not My will but Yours be done.”
When we tell ourselves, “I shouldn’t feel this way” then we cut ourselves off from the help we need.
Instead we can say, “I do feel this way. Now what do I need to get through this?”
It might be help from a friend.
It might be a reminder of Truth.
It might be a nap {yes, really}.
Fight the guilt. Fight the shame. Fight the temptation to believe no one else ever feels this way.
We all do.
And together with Jesus we will make it through.
XOXO
p.s. I recently talked to Bekah from the Mid-Morning show about God-sized Dreams, overcoming fear, {e}coaching and more. You can download the file and listen here {my segment starts at around the 22 minute mark and it’s about ten minutes long}.
