10/18/2025
Hebrews 10:35-39 (ESV)
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward… For yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay… But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”
This passage was laid on my heart back in August. I studied it, wrote out some thoughts, but never felt released to share it—until now. Over the past two months, I’ve had to live this word out for myself.
I won’t sugarcoat it… this has been one of the toughest seasons of my life. I wouldn’t call it a spiritual attack—it feels more like a stretching season. Right before it started, the Holy Spirit actually told me I was about to be stretched. And He wasn’t kidding. My health, my finances, my mental state, even the small details of everyday life have all been tested.
But here’s the thing—I’ve felt God closer in the middle of this season than ever before. Every wave that’s tried to knock me down has only pushed me closer to Him. And now I’m at a point where I have to decide: am I all in for the ministry, or am I going to fold?
That’s not easy to admit. I’ve cried. I’ve doubted. I’ve wrestled with moments I wouldn’t wish on anyone. But through it all—God has shown up every single time.
I’m sharing this because I know some of you are walking through your own storm right now. You feel the weight. You’re tired. You’re wondering if it’s even worth it.
Let me encourage you—what was meant to burn you out is going to refine you.
You just have to hold on a little while longer.
I’m not on the other side yet, but I’ve made up my mind: I’m going to stay the course.
Because the path that leads to righteousness is narrow.
And whoever told you full surrender to Christ was easy… they lied.
But it’s so worth it.
With love,
QM