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Man, were truer lyrics ever written?? As much as I try to avoid the hard things, I can’t do that and be doing the right things that need to happen.
Sometimes this means a difficult and brave conversation. Sometimes it means denying my preferences to make the best decision for everyone. Sometimes it means walking away from something that hurts me to let go of but would kill me to keep. In my life this can look like having the difficult conversation, trying something even though I think I might fail, staying single and waiting for the right guy when the whole world is screaming at me that I can’t be happy on my own. None of these things, and many others that God asks of me, are easy...but they are right.
I’ve been doing some of the hard things lately. While my heart and my mind scream at me all the reasons to avoid them I feel so powerful and free once I’ve chosen what I know is best. I think it’s tempting to convince myself that the easy way out will feel better but in reality I will never celebrate having taken the low road. Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
Sometimes doing the right thing is exhausting. It feels like everywhere I look there are people that do wrong who are succeeding and being celebrated. I have to remind myself that good will always win. Right will always triumph over wrong. Even if it doesn’t feel like it, doing the right thing is actually it’s own reward. And I have to trust that God will recognize and reward me as I follow His will.
“Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.”
Galatians 6:9
I just want to remind all of us that we are strong enough to do hard things. We can make the best choices. We can be proud of ourselves. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.
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