Years ago, a long-time family friend once shared this verse with me (see below) saying that God had placed it on her heart for me. At the time I thought, “Wow, maybe this is some form of confirmation that I’m meant to drop gymnastics training and start dance lessons like I plan to do!” But… yeah nah, that didn’t last long. I attended two lessons and then returned to gymnastics training. Haha!
But what *has* lasted since then is this running theme of God helping me to go places and do things that I wouldn’t be able to in my own strength. Believe me, I’ve done my fair share of grumbling, trying to get out of things, and downright panicking. I’ve had to circle around and face the same hurdles of fear (though they had different names and disguises) again and again… and again. But each time that happens, I can point to the fact that God’s grace was sufficient the last time… and every other time before that.
I’m sure many more hurdles will come my way in the days to come (though I still often wish they wouldn’t!), but knowing that God has a purpose even for them opens up a whole new perspective on life.
And so I choose to thank God for them.
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P.S. I recently stumbled across a review for a book called “Hinds Feet on High Places” by Hannah Hurnard. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to buy it and read it for myself. I’ve read most of the way through it and I think it’s a very special book. It had me in tears in many parts because it was so relatable!
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