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God will give you more than you can handle
Alright, I’m just going to use my brave voice and say it. Because I needed to hear this, and maybe you do, too. God is going to give you more than you can handle. Let me repeat that. God will give you more than you can handle. Yep, it’s going to happen. Or it’s already happened. Or maybe you’re battling through that impossible season right now and yelling, “Amen!” with me. It’s more than we can bear, and the weight on our shoulders is excruciating. I’m not sure where the phrase, “God will never give you anything more than you can handle” came from, but friends, it is a lie.…
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Hang on
Hanging on to what I know to be true: God is in control. I’ve white knuckled what I have no authority over for too long. It’s time to loosen the grip. “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 God is love. Resentment and bitterness do not look like the heart of Christ, the Father or the fruit of the Spirit, but clouds and reaps the fruit of chaos in my own heart. “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put…
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Jesus Knew Loneliness, Too
Almost three years ago, my husband Hunter and I accepted jobs in central Ohio and planned a cross-country move we knew would change the trajectory of our lives forever. We were elated Hunter landed a full-time ministry position just outside of Columbus right after he graduated from college. When we arrived in Columbus, our lives immediately spun into nonstop chaos. The demands of Hunter’s job were exhausting for both of us – I was also trying to navigate a new full time job for me! Each day that passed, we were too tired to finish unpacking our lives from our latest move and left dozens of boxes unopened, shoved in…
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Fullness of Joy
I think we’re all in agreement that this is a very trying time. The state of the world has caused a lot of stress, no matter what private battles we are currently fighting behind our closed doors. To add the chaos of COVID-19 on top of anything else we’re trying to juggle feels impossible. There are so many emotions to be processed during this time: sadness, grief, loneliness, anxiety, anger. And you know what? That is perfectly fine and normal. You are not sitting in those feelings alone. It’s hard to find joy right now. Which is also perfectly fine and normal. Even before COVID-19 disrupted our daily routine, joy…
