Never Easy

 This has been a really rough week. A week filled with wanting to give up. A week filled with questioning why we ever did the things we did, even the things we know we were directly called by God to do. 

It has been an exhausting week. A week filled with lack of sleep because my brain won't relax and let go. A week when I finally do get to sleep the alarm or the son goes off saying it is time to start all over again.

It has been an emotional roller coaster ride this week. So many twists and turns that my mind is spinning: sadness, frustration, loss, anger, fear... just to name a few.

Remember childhood when we thought that life would be easier when... we could drive or after we went to collage where we'd be free from our parents rules.

Remember early adulthood when we thought that life would be easier once we had graduated university or once we were married. 

Remember later adulthood when we thought that life would be easier once the kids were older. 

I've come to the conclusion that "it will be easier when" is a LIE! Life is full of challenges. And those challenges are not easy. There is always going to be something difficult to get through, but GOD is there to walk the road with you. To hold your hand and say we can handle this together. 

Psalm 84:5-7

Blessed are those whose strength is in you,
    whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
 As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
 They go from strength to strength,
    till each appears before God in Zion.

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”