Finding Momentum

This past week I’ve heard voices that remind me of my fail­ures and inad­e­quacy–

• I’m strug­gling aca­d­e­m­i­cally because I’m not work­ing hard enough.
• I’m turned down for inter­views because I’m not smart enough.
• I’m trapped in cycles of sin because I haven’t been apply­ing myself to prayer/Scripture/meditation.
• I’m no longer a dreamer because I’ve burnt out.
• I’m sin­gle because I’m afraid to take risks (e.g. too careful).
• I’m pas­sive because I lack some com­po­nent of manhood.

This has been a rough time of wrestling. My iden­tity in Jesus is really in tat­ters right now, and all this con­dem­na­tion has really been tough to bear.

And He has said to me, “My grace is suf­fi­cient for you, for power is per­fected in weak­ness.” Most gladly, there­fore, I will rather boast about my weak­nesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. — 2 Corinthi­ans 12:9