Getting Through the Valleys

Hey Y’all! I know I said I was gonna post last night, but I wasn’t feeling well so I went to sleep :( BUT, here it is! I’ve been wanting to write a devotional post for a while but I haven’t been able to think or feel anything to talk about— and then I realized that that’s just it! Confused? Let me explain! 

Do you ever just feel dull or distant from God? I am experiencing that lately, and if you are too.. welcome to the club (it by no means we mean any less to God though, BTW). The honest truth is I know exactly why I feel this way but sometimes I am just too stubborn to change. I like to pretend I am stronger than I am, I like to believe I am capable of handling myself, that I can get through this or that by myself, I am stubborn (sometimes), and determined. Those thoughts and that attitude has gotten me nowhere, so I really wanted to talk today about those feelings and how to overcome them, because surely, I can’t be the only one! 

The main thing I have noticed is that I have made little to no time for Bible study the last few weeks. Alarm clocks don’t work, my hair doesn’t fix right, I forget to pack a lunch, I am running late, whatever it is,  basically life gets in the way and I push the most important thing to the side; that has totally changed my attitude and life the past few weeks. I haven’t felt as rested, I have struggled with insecurities, my attitude isn’t the greatest, and I’ve felt overwhelmed; all because I have tried to tackle it all on my own. Let me be real and honest— you and I, we can’t get through this life without God. Let me rephrase that, we may get through life but we won’t live life to our full potential and receive all that God has in store for our lives. 

Another thing, when life gets hard we can sometimes start to question God as to why this is happening. One of my good friends said it like this “Valleys don’t last forever. There’s a mountain coming your way. Stay under His wing, even if you’re upset and don’t understand while you’re under there." I have learned that it is easy to praise God in the mountains but it is so important to praise Him in the valleys too. He will give you understanding, peace, refuge, strength, patience, whatever it is you need to get through whatever it is you’re going through.  God gets it, and He is big enough for our questions.  Also, it’s okay to not be okay. God knows what we are going to face before we face it, He knows that we are capable, if we would just press into Him. It is not by our strength but by God’s alone that we are able to get through our daily lives. I am realizing more and more that God’s heart is so loving, that He only wants the desires of my heart for me, that He is love, that He is strong, that He a protector. 

Let’s press into Him today and through the good and the bad, trust in His name & lean on His understanding. 

Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not 

on your own understanding

Thanks for Visiting 

xoxo