(Biblical and practical advice below.)
I was talking to my Mister recently about how life just feels….. hard, right now. Like, really hard. Harder than I think life SHOULD feel. And WAY heavier.
And to be fair, there has been a lot going on in my life. Some, I’m transparent about. Some, though, is just private. There’s a
Bible verse I love that says that BLESSINGS will chase me down and take me over. (Deut 28:2.)
But um…. let me be honest and say that while I’m VERY blessed….
** My business is booming in unprecedented ways, my family and I are all healthy, I am loved and cherished, I love my home, my community. I have the BEST of friends. I am a Nammy. I have my cousins, the BEST of Aunts. (Shout out to Darlene Woolard Biggs who has been way more than “just” an Aunt to me. happy “big” birthday!) My grandmother is still with us. **
So, yeah I’m blessed, but it certainly doesn’t feel like BLESSINGS are what’s chasing me. 😊 It feels like something else. lol…
When life gets heavy and tough, I always ask the following:
Does this CHANGE my destiny? Does it change what I’m after in this life?
So far, this answer has been a resounding NO.
Once that’s answered, I have to ask, WHAT POWER / TIME / SPACE will I give these current circumstances?
Because — you know — we have to do the human thing. We have to show up, do the things, grieve the things, blah blah blah. This takes time and energy, so I give it a time frame. (Side note: there’s no deadline on true grief, but you can draw a line in the sand between living AS grief itself and living WITH grief, but still actively living.)
This morning, in my prayer time, God revealed to me that i was entering every day with the leftovers from yesterday. i was carrying SOOOO much into each day, even as a greeted the sun, and prepared for a new day… i have carried the YUCK of many yesterdays into today.
So, I committed to NO LEFTOVERs.
Below are some Bible verses that have helped me today. If you’d like more posts like these, comment below. If you want help with your business, so that MONEY is no longer stressful for you, DEFINITeLY show up for my Project $10K Masterclass. 😊 Message me or comment for details.
Isaiah 43:18-19
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland
Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 3:13
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Hebrews 12:1-2
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Isaiah 40:31
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken.
1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
Matthew 6:27
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life ?
Matthew 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
