That Moment

     That moment when you forget to breathe. I have been off Facebook for maybe a total of four days, so really nothing. But had to get back on to check on things about this upcoming Summer even though in my head I knew I wasn't ready to yet. In those four days I actually mentally felt a little stronger. I didn't have those little lies seeping into my head every time I signed on or never really even thought about them, because I wasn't aware of them going on. When I logged back on tonight my soul got a choke hold on it. Like a sucker punch to my stomach and was once again swept right back into the mix of it all. With that said, don't let it shock you if I don't have it again in a few days even though I really do love it.

     A few weeks ago I was at the woman's house that has been mentoring me this semester. The grace, truth, and love she pours into me weekly has been one of the biggest blessings to me since coming to college. I was talking to her one day about something coming up that I was nervous about. While we talking though she said is it one of those moments that take your breath away and you literally feel like you can't breathe when you are in it. When she said that I literally wanted to shout YES. YES. YES. but in fear of that potentially being slightly dramatic which in theory it would have been, I simply said yes. But that thought has been coming back to me a lot lately, what are those moments that take your breath away? Is it logging onto Facebook and letting your mind take over like me, worrying about what that person thinks when they find out you aren't perfect, or is it simply thinking about the day and all that has to be accomplished that you just forget to breathe.

    In all of those moments that take your breath away, its realizing what are the truths in those situations? Because when you sit and be still the Lord starts to whisper the blessings to you for that moment and thats enough. In every moment He will give you what you need if you just breathe deep. The world will keep spinning, the seasons of life will keep changing, but when you don't take that moment to let yourself breathe you are going to literally suffocate. So when those lies start to trigger; be bold and pull them up from the roots. Don't let those old roots win, let the breath of Christ breathe new life into those places.

    So next time 'that moment' happens for you know that there is grace. That He is for you. That you are already amazing. That He is bigger than the lies and that you are already so much more than enough.

"The Lord will guide you always, He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." Isaiah 58:11