You're built in the fire

You think you want relief more than you want to endure—when the flames get bigger and the taunting seems louder and the strength required feels like more than you bargained for, you think you want to escape it and for the HARD to be OVER.
And yes, you do, in some ways.
You want to know that you’re going to make it and you want assurance that this isn’t forever. You want to sit down and be able to breathe, close your eyes, and just rest for a bit. You’re tired. You’re wondering why things had to happen a certain way or why loss had to be part of the equation or how things will get…better. OR how you will be able to carry it if it doesn’t…can you?

You see, what you actually want is the ability to endure. What you actually want is internal rest that has nothing to do with your circumstance. You deeply desire growth + progress in the places and spaces that matter! You long to be a warrior—to be counted on, to show up, to persevere, + to utilize every God-given gift, skill, resource, + ounce of energy you have for what is good, true, and holy.
BUT—without the first, you often don’t get the second.
Without the fire, you aren’t able to cultivate faith that’s forged from one + courage that’s chiseled throughout it.
Without the need to endure, you wouldn’t. You would stop short of the strength of the mighty one inside you—that is, until life asked you to dig deep.

The growth requires the growing pains.
The devotion to Jesus requires the discipline of letting go of anything that doesn’t look like Jesus.
The warrior mentality requires the circumstances that often feel large, looming, or lonely.
Because there?
You find Jesus.
Less of you + more of Him.
It is in discovering this truth that you become a person of peace, even when life requires deep perseverance...because you’ve been through it…you’ve seen it + endured it + HAD to trust that the One who is in you is exactly who He says He is.

This feels HARD—He knows. But THIS? The place you want to avoid or the healing that’s lasting way longer than you’d like or the discomfort that’s stretching you thin—this is your heart’s cry because here, you will find Jesus in a way you didn’t know before 🤍