My cup overflows.
I’ll be honest with you. At times, throughout this season it has been hard to see that & believe that.
I have been finding that it really is the little things that make my heart smile, & it is the little things that I miss most in this world of staying six feet apart.
I miss hugs from my friends & movie nights in their basements & sharing snacks together & being at their houses with their families. I miss people smiling at me when I’m out & about. I miss not being avoided in Target out of fear that I’m too close.
Those are really small things if you look at the big picture, but nonetheless, it’s enough for discouraging thoughts to poke at my mind. Discouragement is a really common tactic that the enemy uses to try & gain leverage on us. It can be more tempting than we may think to fall into the lies that come with discouragement. We have to stay grounded in the Father. We have to know His truth & be even more attentive to Him & sensitive to His voice. I myself want to leave this season leaning & in love with Him, I want to look back on it & recognize how I grew closer to Jesus.
Psalm 23 is something that Jesus constantly leads me back to.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of
the Lord
forever.
A constant reminder of the faithfulness of my Father & the goodness of my friend Jesus. My cup overflows because His love is enough. His friendship is enough. He is enough.
I don’t need to give feelings of discouragement the reins because when I have Him, I have all that I need & when I continue to seek Him, I find Him in abundance & am satisfied.
Friends, press into Him in this season. He’s after your heart & He loves you. & that’s the simple Gospel.
