#overcoming obstacles

we were younger

we were younger

Muhammad Ali

You Can Do All Things

Feeling like that dream is too big for someone like you?

God didn't give you that dream to torture you - He gave it to you because He's already equipped you to achieve it.

When Paul wrote Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," he wasn't sitting in a comfortable palace. He was in prison, facing uncertainty, yet declaring this incredible truth.

"All things" doesn't mean you can fly or become a superhero. It means:

You can overcome that addiction through Christ's strength

You can heal from that heartbreak through Christ's strength

You can start that business through Christ's strength

You can forgive that person through Christ's strength

The same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in you. The same strength that parted the Red Sea flows through you.

That mountain in front of you? It's not bigger than your God. That obstacle blocking your path? It's not stronger than Christ's power in you.

Stop looking at your limitations and start looking at His limitless strength working through you.

Of how I once held you so close,

Having felt now the hardship of this separation,

Somehow has alleviated all of my burdens,

Closing up my scars further,

Of the countless moments of every attempt,

To have you look at me every day,

Like it was the first time,

Was so clear to me that I wouldn't get a repetition,

Of an instant that was simply temporary...

©️fallencalliope

Poem I wrote this morning, because I got kicked out of the shelter I was staying at. Girls have been picking on me- they took used oil and mixed it in with my food, told everyone I do witchcraft when I am very devout Christian, and other lies. Spiritual warfare at the finest, I set a boundary and the girl who this was all coming from got mad at me, the staff sided with her; they're afraid of me suing them... Apparently these were all "accusations" but everyone in the shelter was coming to me telling me about what she was doing. Its okay. I'm grateful to have God with me, and you guys. :) The staff had the audacity to call me privileged, I am a homeless woman, who is a survivor of abuse. A male staff member watched me get dressed too, which made me uncomfortable. They never called the cops, they were going to but I have proof of all these claims; they hung up the phone and kicked me out instead.