Your Problems Are Not The Problem

Your problems are not the problem. ⁠ ⁠

I don’t pray for our kids to not have any problems. I pray for them to grow through them and learn from them. Problems are potential for growth and learning. ⁠ ⁠

Problems stretch our hearts and capacity to feel - to feel the bad yes, but from the stretching towards the depths comes a residual stretching towards the heights - towards feeling the good. ⁠ ⁠

We feel pain, but through that, when we process it with truth and grace we then can feel hope.⁠ Hope is a choice, a decision and an action long before it’s an emotion. ⁠

It’s not found in a prescriptive, 3 step simple solution. But it’s a dynamic flourishing born out of tenacious honesty. ⁠ ⁠

You are bigger than your problems.⁠ ⁠

You are not powerless. ⁠ ⁠

You are strong. ⁠ ⁠

There is so much that is working together for your good all around you and within you. ⁠ ⁠

This is your reality and it is bigger than your problems. ⁠ ⁠

Expose and extinguish the lies that tell you otherwise. Resist the deception that your problems are the problem. ⁠ ⁠

Magnify what is true. Stand firm.⁠ ⁠ Know you are loved and the promise that all things are working together for good is not just some nice ideal - it's your reality right now. ⁠