Have you ever hear someone say they can't do something but you know they can. Heck have you ever heard that come out of your own mouth. You see for longer than I know I have always said I can't do things it's too hard. I have let the enemy tell me I'm not qualified enough. I have let myself for too long think I am incapable. Last year I said I'm to train for a full marathon in the spring and I was excited. Heck I was stoked, but the last month or so I started thinking I can't it is too hard. I can't I'm not fit enough, I can't I'm too fat still, I can't I'm not good enough.
Of course I didn't tell anyone because I felt like a failure but once I voiced it I realized I am not the only one. Once I said it outloud I was able to listen and hear God's voice. I pray in the morning while Isaac eats breakfast and I enjoy my coffee and one morning I was expressing my fears to God. I was like I feel like a failure. Why do I say I can do something when I know I can't? In that moment I heard STOP who said you were a failure because I didn't. Who told you that you can't because I didn't. At that moment I started to cry and realized who said that to me no one but myself. No one ever told me I couldn't maybe it was the fear of letting everyone down.
Do I still have fear heck yes. Do I still doubt yep but when I start feeling that way I remember God's love for me and remember His promises over my life. He gave me the ability to run. He gave me the passion for it. He made me capable and strong. I'm often reminded of this verse "Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Courageous." Joshua 1:9
What are you saying to yourself? Think
about that for a minute. What lie have you accepted? What words have paralyzed your potential? Think about these questions. I know I have not just with running and my health but as a mom and wife. I have doubted God in so many areas. When you feel you can't. Stop and listen to that still small voice cheering you on say you can. Whether it be at work, school, as a spouse, as a parent or in any other aspect of your life. I challenge you to trust God and His promises. When I finished my half marathon a month ago I cried. I knew God walked with me in my hardest time of that race. Never doubt what He can encourage you to do. Never forget how He carried you.
