You Can’t Bear It, But You Don’t Have To (When You’re Too Weak)

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Yet the more I study Scripture and the gift of grace,the more certain I am that this is a fallacy. 

God never promised we wouldn’t face more than we could handle on our own. If that were true, what would be the point of grace and where would be God’s glory? What need would there be for the cross?

Instead, the Lord promised that He would see us through those difficult times, including struggles that never resolve this side of eternity. 

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My beautiful daughter, Rachel, is an incredible blessing, yet with her global delays comes ongoing frustrations and heartaches. This will likely continue for her/my lifetime. 

Limitations, losses, and fears wear me down. The burdens are more than I can carry on my own.

For self-sufficient types like me, this realization of our weakness and need for a weight-bearer is difficult to acknowledge. But it is the  truth nevertheless. 

You Are Too Weak, God’s Not

All of us are too weak to handle life’s downers well on our own. 

You and I need God’s love, strength, mercy, forgiveness, wisdom to make it through. We need His presence.

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We all have plenty of struggles and suffering. There is more than enough to go around. You have your own set of burdens. Some that will come and go, some that will linger for a lifetime.

Don’t waste time trying to convince yourself you can handle it. You can’t. But The Lord can. Lean into Him. Put on His armor and walk through undefeated. 

God doesn’t promise our issues will go away or that we will be able to handle them on our own. But He does promise that He will be there to strengthen and encourage.

When we are weak, He is strong for us.