What Lies Ahead...

Our minds naturally become programmed through our experiences... maintaining habits through repetitive behaviors... Developing patterns... cycles... actions that we do over and over which build a sense of stability and comfort... But not always happiness... comfort is not the best situation to be in... comfort builds complacency... Keeps us from trying new things... from leaving bad situations... Allowing us to accept things as they are as we rely solely on our own understanding...

 

Moving forward is not always easy... walking in a new direction builds fear... unfamiliar territory... instability... chaos begins to shake the earth pushing you back into your comfort... your happiness is not in what you leave behind its in what lies ahead... "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and not lean on your own understanding (Proverbs 3:5)... Let the earth shake beneath your feet... You can learn to hop, skip, and jump as you push your way forward... Just keep moving... I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings for those who keep walking forward... Great things happen in a single step...

Love Them Anyways

There will always be people in our lives who set out to hurt us... learning how to look past our pain to love them anyways... releases us from harboring additional grief... it sets us free to continue to love them and others freely...

For those who have caused you pain......

Love them for the time they gave you...

Love them for the lessons they taught you...

Love them for the strength they've renewed in you...

It is because of them that you have learned to get up after every fall and move forward... never giving up...

Love them anyways

Rise for the Win

There are various ways we tend to measure strength...
Some measure through the physical... Or through the mental...
While others may measure through the emotional state of being...

Regardless of how it comes to us... It never comes to us easily...
Strength is not something that is developed from nothing...
It can only be developed through struggles,... conflict or pain...

It is built upon a weakness that needs strengthening...
A level of stagnancy that needs to be ignited... Or a mode of complacency which yearns for excitement...

Strength is celebrated through the toughest moments in life when we feel alone... defeated... Or defenseless... 
It is a renewed disposition that calls out our name in triumph... 
Letting the world know that we were down for the count but we rose for the win...

Tomorrow is Closer than You Think

Ups... Downs... Twists... Turns...bends... and breaks...words that describe a variety of thrills, chills, and even horrifying adventures acquired through a plethora of physical, emotional, or mental experiences that seem to make our mind scramble for stability and safety

just as our mind wants to lead us to a safe harbor during every rough sea... God is there to pick us up and strengthen us through every outnumbered battle...

Today is just a day... one in 365... so if you feel defeated... weakened... or even broken... remember, you are never alone... Never outnumbered... You stand strong...

Strength must build upon weakness... humility... and pain... Taking one day and using 364 more to make us stronger and better equipped to fight another battle... Stand up... Wipe those knees... Dry those tears... and smile... tomorrow is closer than you think...