Five reasons I choose to stay straddled between the struggle
and the victory.
1. It builds faith
2. It connects me to the hurt, lost and
left behind
3. It equips me to give back
4. It allows my character to be refined
5. It helps remind me that life is about
both falling down and getting back up.
There is tension between the struggle of living and the
victory of life. In the middle of the
two is where I rely on my faith. I rely on
a faith that states “it is good”. When I
hold to tight to the struggle I become a victim of life and it’s ever changing circumstances. When I wonder over to the side of victory and
wave it around like I conquered a country, I become prideful and well as the saying goes,
I would be best to watch out for what could happen next.
It is not about juggling between the two or even trying to
balance myself in the middle. The action
step is about stillness. The choice to
be still in the middle of the struggle and the victory. Folding into the moment where they both even
rub up against one another and I feel like shouting “really!” can this be
happening? It is there in the middle
where I witness the culture shouting and God whispering.
Yet, life is about falling down and getting back up. It is about holding on and letting go. Without my faith I would feel crazy by
now. In fact, years ago I would have
told you I was. I did not have the tools
or the knowledge to live in the middle, to embrace my faith. A faith that encourages me not to worry about
tomorrow. Truth is, all I have is
today.
Today I stand in the middle of the struggle and the victory,
hands raised high, face towards the sun ready to except whatever comes my
way. Today I choose to believe that God
is good and he created good. I am not naïve,
nor do I pretend that bad is not happening in this world but what I do know to
be true, in the middle of the struggle and the victory I am able to connect
wholeheartedly with those who are hurt, lost and left behind. I am able to give back what was given to me without
getting lost in either side of the spectrum of life.
Today I choose to walk in the tension between the victory and
the struggle, allowing my faith to grow stronger and my heart to become more
open. Praying for you to be able to do
the same as well my friends.
Have a beautiful today!
Cris
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| Never taking myself to seriously |
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