I was at the office this morning catching up on some emails and enjoying my favorite drink from Stella Leona (if you haven't been there before, GO! It's even National Chocolate Day so why not stop in TODAY!) Anyways, as I was sitting in a quiet office the phrase "Be encouraged, you are not on this journey alone" ran through my mind. My initial thought was, how wonderful it is to know that there are people on this journey with us, but this was not exactly the message God was trying to covey to me. I then got tired with the overly quiet office and so I put on some music by one of my favorite groups, Penny and Sparrow. The song that came on first is one of my favorites, entitled "Brothers." The chorus goes like this:
Don't give up
Don't you quit on me
Don't give up
Don't you quit on me
While I don't know if this song has any spiritual meaning, I took it as though it might. I felt as though God was saying "Don't give up! Don't you quit on me!" How easy it is for us to give up on something or someone so quickly because we don't like it or it's not exactly what we wanted. How easy it is for us to give up on our callings because it's too hard or not something that we want to do. I think I talked in my last post about how much I loved my job and it didn't feel like a job, now don't get me wrong I still love it but like any job it comes with it's challenges. I currently meet with 10 teams on a weekly basis, this puts me in contact with over 100 athletes and coaches. That's over a 100 different names to memorize and 10 different schedules to keep straight. Some days I walk away from a practice wishing I had stayed in bed all day, or some mornings as I drive to work I think about what it would be like had I taken a different job that I had been offered. But instead here I am, at a job that pushes me outside my comfort zone every day. And once again I am reminded of how faithful our Savior is.
I think of Jesus' trusty disciples and the people that followed him. How many times did Jesus want to give up on them because they just didn't get it. How many times would have he rather walked away from it all than to be crucified on a cross, because he just didn't want to do it? How often do I want to give up because someone just doesn't get it? How often do I want to walk away from something because it's just too hard? Sometimes I feel as though we think it is better to try to avoid or walk away from a hardship rather than take it head on. But why? Why should these things scare us? Why do we let the enemy win and we just quit? Be encouraged! You are NOT on this journey alone! If God was able to raise Jesus from the dead than He will be able to handle anything that you are going through! Philippians 1:6 says, "God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won't stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns." How good it is to be reminded that God is not going to quit on you. So I challenge you with this, don't give up, don't you quit on HIM. Be encouraged, you are not on this journey alone.
All in,
Alexa
