23/06/2025
I wonder if you are like me, you go go go, doing your best to keep all the balls in the air, trying to help everyone and keep everyone happy, until one day you just can't. You crash. The busy schedule, the bumps in the road, and the unmet expectations of your efforts come crashing down on your weary soul that you didn't even know was weary until you find yourself undone.
Unknown to you, the undoing was not instant; it was gradual, and as you grapple to understand why you are so upset, you realize it's this...you are no longer offering the best version of yourself to anyone. That big blow-up that brought you to this moment was not "the thing", it was just the straw that broke the camel's back.
If you're like me, these are tips that I am using to restore myself to my proper self. The self that can pour out of a full cup, the self that can recognize spiritual warfare and not be shaken, the me that can say, "I'd love to, but it would mean overextending myself".
Here's the good news: when we get to the end of ourselves, we arrive at the reality that God is God and we are not. All the things we are hoping to do, or change, or make perfect are impossible on our own. We need only to fix our eyes on Jesus and cry out to the Creator of all things to intervene and make something beautiful out of the broken messes around us. Only He can do it. We need to just be still. Doesn't that take the pressure off?
