02/10/2025
I hope you find peace in the struggles you don't talk about. I hope you win the battles you fight silently.
This is because life tends to place your purpose and your struggles next to each other.
Yes, your deepest purpose and your deepest wounds will usually live in the same street. You can't visit one without encountering the other.
That's why many discover their calling after collapsing. Their traumas took them down, and when they healed, they discovered their true calling.
The two are usually next to each other.
Abraham was meant to become the father of nations, and yet he struggled to conceive.
Moses was meant to be a negotiator for the Israelites' release and their leader to take them to a new land. But he struggled with a speech impediment.
David was born to be a great king, yet his own dad didn't believe in him. He left the boy out when asked to bring his sons for the selection of the next king.
Solomon was meant to be the wisest king of Israel. He was also struggling with the worst forms of lust.
These are not coincidences but the way of life.
Esther was meant to be a queen and deliverer of a whole nation of Jews. Her parents died, and she was left an orphan.
Ruth was born to join the genealogy of the Messiah. She was childless. Her husband died. Her father-in-law and brother-in-law as well.
Whatever brings you down habitually is usually adjacent to the thing that will lift you the most.
As children, we used to hunt for the eggs of a particular bird because they were so beautiful. They looked like pearls.
But this bird always located its nest next to wasps for protection. As a result, we learned to hunt for wasps and then look for the nest nearby.
You'll frequently find your pearls right beneath your pain.
How do you reconcile the two and win like Abraham, Esther, and Ruth instead of losing like Solomon or Samson?
Grow. Face the pain and conquer it.
Find mentors like Naomi for Ruth and Jonathan for David. Swear to stick with
