Maybe today isn’t about being stronger. Maybe it’s about letting God carry what you’ve been carrying alone
“I’m tired of being strong.”
You’re allowed to be tired. You’re allowed to need me.
– Jacqueline Whitney
God:
I need you to know something: I never asked you to be strong all the time.
That was never the assignment. The assignment was to trust me. And trusting me sometimes looks like falling apart in my arms instead of holding yourself together alone.
You’ve confused endurance with faith. You’ve confused carrying everything with being faithful. You’ve confused never breaking with being strong. But real strength isn’t the absence of breaking. It’s knowing where to bring the broken pieces.
Bring them here. You don’t have to hold it together in front of me. I’m not impressed by your composure. I’m not measuring your worth by your ability to keep going without cracking. I just want you. Tired, honest, falling apart, running out of strength. I want that version of you too. Especially that version of you.
Put it down. You’re allowed to be tired. You’re allowed to need me. That’s not weakness. That’s exactly what I’ve been waiting for.
Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.
