When convenience is king in family (whether it’s emotions, food, discipline of children, etc) health is an afterthought. True health isn’t convenient. It’s not comfortable. There may never be a convenient or comfortable time to start working on it. “I’ll start working on this once we are out of this season” is the mantra of one ruled by convenience. Every season has its excuses. It’s too hot, it’s too cold, it’s too windy, it’s too rainy, it’s too humid. All these are similar to: we are moving soon, we just moved, we are in sports, I don’t have the time right now, our finances need to change then we can. Embracing inconvenience and discomfort is what breaks the cycle and makes health the priority it deserves to be. After all, health makes every season not only more bearable, but gives us the ability to thrive through every one of them. And in reality, the families I’ve seen get the most breakthrough were the ones who started the work at the most inconvenient times.

Keep us from experiencing true freedom. When we think we have it all together, we don't. Pride comes before a fall... Ego gets in the way of being humble before God... God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

I'm really trying my best to stay calm... But I seriously am juggling so much right now. Marriage. Mom to a toddler. Teacher Part-Time. Household chores. Time with Jesus. Church. It sometimes feels impossible.

We quote scriptures that tell us what God did in us, but sometimes we aren’t standing on them, we are hiding behind them. Avoiding our pains, losses, betrayals…and in the name of “faith”, we pretend we don’t need to heal. When we do this, it may not be genuine faith, but rather the fear of not being in faith. We end up not “working out our salvation”, and it merely becoming what we say, but not how we live.

I understand my own emotions and can express them clearly to my partner. What would you answer?