the freedom in falling.

He says you won't be tempted beyond what you can bear. He says that He will always provide a way out. He says that the burdens you face, the hardships which challenge you are as much the same as what your neighbor is facing. I don't know about you but for me it's a tough concept to grasp. When I struggle, the times that I fall, it feels to me as though I am alone in this world. The pain is too heavy, the shame feels too deep, and the thought that no one could ever understand what you are going through keeps you from sharing the details of your struggles. I know from experience, I understand because I am human and I trip and fall often. More than I like to admit I find myself lying on my face, sometimes wondering how in the world I even got there. Knees and elbows skinned and bleeding. Feeling weak and weary, wanting and needing the strength of someone, of something, to pick me up. To take me by the hand and help me to my feet, to dust off the raw earth from my body and hold me, soft whispers in my ear promising that everything will be alright. But there are times when there is no one, no strong hand to pull you to your feet, no warm embrace to show compassion. There are those times when all around you appears deserted and barren, dry and forever alone. Those are the times when you have no other choice but to cry out, in all brokenness, Mi DIOS, help me.

I have no answers as to why we wait, why we rely on people first and when all help falls short then we look up and cry out. I fail in that, I am constantly looking to be comforted by human hands long before I give Jesus the allowance to cover me with His almighty love. I personally lack in the faith department, I fall short almost everyday and forget to confide in my best friend Jesus. I long for that kind of faith, the one that moves mountains. Small as the smallest seed yet holding the power to uproot firmly planted mountains and throw them effortlessly into the sea. Maybe you walk a more faith filled life than I but if not I want to encourage you. I want to let you know that no matter what challenge you are being faced with, what difficulty you are treading through, what hardship you feel no one in this world could possibly understand, God knows and even if you can't tell anyone else your heart at least tell Him. He loves you and wants to hold it all in His hands. Don't carry burdens that will drag you to the grave, look up and let go mis hermanos. Just let go and be free.

Matthew 21: 21-22 “Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done.  And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”