Despair Is Not My FutureSample

We can marvel in the beauty of what can be done when we “let go and let God:" When we stop trying to do things in our own strength, when we cry out and let God know we cannot do this alone. The burden of despair is not for us to carry.

I remember a conversation I was having with an acquaintance about my current life situation—as in being a beach girl at heart living in a place with plentiful sunshine and blue skies and trading it in to live in a place that has over 130 days of rainfall on average. Talk about feelings of despair. The person said quite flippantly, “I could never do that!” And this person is correct.

There is quite a bit we are unable to do in our OWN strength, but the utter amazement, when we allow God to lead and not to be blinded by our present circumstances. It is in the uncomfortable. It is in the hopelessness and despair that God can move when we call out to him. It is in the stepping out of our comfort zone where the growth happens, where purpose can be realized, where contentment can be found regardless of our current situation or lot in life.

Our “I could never do that” or “this is hopeless” could turn into “what adventure do you have for me, now?”