SO SUBTLE

Oh friend. I don't want to cause trouble. I love you muchly. I love the peace of mind some of you offer when you take the pressure off us to do SO MUCH we wreck ourselves.

Because truth is we were made for rest. We were made for breathing room. We were made to be in the moment. And we've wrecked ourselves trying to keep up with everyone.

But truth is ALSO some of the ideas out there that are offered to help us rest is a subtle lie we are settling in for. And when you settle you don't just take the pressure off yourself. You miss out what you are made for. You miss out on who God says you are.

I love you dear ones. ALL OF YOU. So I'm going to be obedient to try to reach out and see if we can build a bridge from where you are letting your heart sit and breathe and build a little hope trail and some little stepping stones back to truth.

I see the point of view in articles I'd point to if starting a dialogue might be useful. But I dont' think I will. I think you know the ones I mean. The ones that say its ok to be mediocre.

I see it sister. I get what you are saying and I get HOW you are saying it. I get it. You are saying "GET OFF THAT STINKING LIE THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING. You don't have to be famous or save the WORLD. BE PRESENT. DO YOUR BEST. Basically you are saying "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE..."HER". That other sister whose list of accomplishments makes my heart sick. "

OH FRIEND. THAT. THAT IS TRUTH.   How I get you.  

But I don't know. Something isn't sitting right. That word is part truth. I say part because it's a skewed perspective.  It means we are measuring success by a outside bar---  what other people define as excellent and praise worthy from THEIR lives.

So if I could try to drop a little gentle truth BATH bomb for you to soak in? That word you are giving... it's measuring up what you accomplish BY YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP UP WITH OTHERS.

Will you take my bath bomb and sit in the warm water, let your guard down and breathe in?

Here's the thing. What you are saying is also this:

It's saying God can't make a heap of a whole lot out of what you got.

It's like taking HIM out of the equation at all. It's like saying offering our little  isn't going to make a whole heap of a lot in the hands of the creator. 

It takes the pressure off to feel like you must accomplish GREATNESS  but it also takes the expectation off what God WILL USE YOUR LITTLE FOR. 

You are right. Sometimes we are just folding laundry and sorting our houses out and just getting our kids to school and just listening to their heart. Sometimes we are JUST doing our best and it doesn't seem like a whole huge much. Sometimes we just make a meal for a hurting family or just listen in to a friend dealing with cancer. And sometimes we aren't doing it real well.

But don't you let someone tell you to think that it is mediocre. Don't you breathe in that lie and accept it! PLEASE!

Because you're off track when you forget to hold on to the part of the equation that makes no sense.

GOD'S ON YOUR SIDE. AND THAT TIPS ALL THE SCALES. HE IS NEVER UP TO DOING MEDIOCRE THINGS WHEN WE PLACE OUR LIVES IN HIS HANDS.

The boy offered his lunch. Just a lunch. And it was multiplied till it was more than enough. I don't call that mediocre.

So you and I? 

We've got to just  keep giving up sandwiches to our kids. Our neighbours. The lady in line in front of us at the grocery store. Be faithful in the circles you've  been put in.

 And please don't you call it mediocre. Don't you call it small.

It's going to do more than you can ask or imagine if you put it in the hands of the creator. He's going to break it and bless it and it's going to feed thousands if you let HIM DO IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT??? You don't want to miss out on my next week post because I've got a story about how God does just that. MORE than we could ask or imagine.

With our small stuff. 

 So HANG TIGHT. HOLD ON. BE YOU. You go and do your small things and you pray over them and you watch HIM multiply it into something GREAT. Underground, unseen, it's growing. And you my friend? YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IT TO SEE IT! 

You are loved, you matter, and his plans over you are good. ACTUALLY NOPE. I changed my mind. They aren't just good.  They are GREAT. They are exceptional. 

I love you, friend! Cath