“he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because he wholly followed the Lord.” ~Deut. 1:36

When I think of all the writing projects I’ve committed in my heart to accomplish, I can get really overwhelmed. One is such a huge project that my heart just sinks (with doubt!) at the thought of one day completing it. I wonder where I’ll get the time, the brain power, the sticktuitiveness, the ability to organize all the information in a readable format.

And then I remember that the Lord has not only directed me in this project, but that He is faithful. His promises to me will never be broken. He’ll never leave me or forsake me. Does that not make every duty He’s ever given me – past, present, future – worth the struggle it takes to complete it? He’s promised that if I follow Him, a path that leads to blessing is before me, even though that path may be thorny and treacherous.

I need to wholly follow …

to focus on those promises, rather than my weaknesses …

to take up my sword (aka, pen), and fight my enemies.

Keep writing my thoughts down … organizing … praying.

A *poem I read this morning states it perfectly:

Coward and wayward and weak,
I change with the changing sky;
Today so eager and bright,
Tomorrow too weak to try,
But He never gives in,
So we two shall win,
Jesus and I.

That’s me. A cowardly, weak, fickle pickle girl who is overly eager one day and too weak to try the next.

Thank you, Jesus, for never giving in, for staying the same, and for keeping your promises day after day, moment by moment. Help me to focus on your strength, rather than my weakness, and to simply work as hard as you enable me to, knowing that in the end … we win.

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