I was amazed a few weeks ago as I watched a man who had lost a leg in an accident and decided not to let it get him down. He began training for America Ninja Warrior and blew everyone away with how far he made it down the course. That is triumph.
Not every obstacle is physical and sometimes the hardest to navigate are the ones that no one can see. Let me introduce you to my friend, we will call her Mira. Mira discovered a little over three years ago that her husband was having an affair and it wasn't his first. She found her life instantly changing as he announced he was done and didn't even want to try to work it out, despite their children and many years together. Can we be honest, this happens more than just to my friend, Mira, doesn't it?! Its easy to tell poor Mira to suck it up and move on because this is reality in 2018.
That didn't happen.
Mira allowed God to reveal areas where she wasn't giving her all to her marriage, but also to HIM. Mira took a look at herself and decided to meet God in the midst of life. She leaned into God and discovered a new relationship she had yet to encounter. I can tell you, she is a different person today.
We hear a lot from Christians on their disdain for the unBiblical life of homosexuals in our world, what we don't hear is their distaste for things like having sex outside of marriage, living with a sexual partner you aren't married to, and divorce itself. All of those are also wrong, according the Bible. We aren't allowed to pick and choose, we believe it or we don't. We don't get to say, "Well, this is my struggle, so I will let this slide, but this over here is yours so I get to stone you with your wrong doings." The Bible isn't a weapon and it doesn't just state right and wrong but how we are to love in the midst of life. That often gets forgotten, but I digress.
Mira took her calling seriously. She committed her relationship with her husband to God. It was amazing as I watched her prayers create and change things that everyone said were impossible. Now, I'd love to tell you she and her husband are back together loving each other and God, but that isn't the case.
Mira still believes. She still hopes in God despite circumstances. While so many would say she is foolish - I see the spiritual warrior that has emerged and it humbles me. She has become my hero. God gets the final say and just because the world says something is over, doesn't mean it is. We don't know what will happen and honestly, that isn't the point. We do know God is in control and he is working and Mira gets to see what he does at each step.
Talking and praying with her has changed me too. I see a faith we were all called to live. I see the beauty she is creating for herself and her kids as she makes room for God at the helm of her life. Mira sees that the true enemy is Satan and she won't give up on God's best. She is fighting with spiritual weapons, the ones far too many of us have left on the ground in our feeble attempts to conquer our own lives.
What trash are you holding? How can you give it to God, lean in to him and allow his love to change you and create beauty?
Exodus 14:14 says, "The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." (NIV)
I hope you will see the hero inside of yourselves as you seek God in life and allow him to do his job. A hero isn't always the one who comes in and saves the day - a hero is also the person who hands life to God and says, "What now?" The hero is the one that takes what life has given them and keeps going, refusing to give in to defeat! Trust me, you are worth more than the junk that keeps you down. The details are different for us all, but the struggle is the same. Please fight for yourself. I'm here and I'm praying, so be the hero you were meant to be!!!
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