Facing Each Day Anew

It’s been one of those stretches where things have just been… heavy.

You know, when you feel like you’re rolling a big boulder uphill in every aspect of your life. Over the past few weeks, I’ve just had one of those stretches where it seems like everything takes considerable effort, and despite that effort, everything still goes backwards. Pair that with the physical exhaustion that invariably accompanies seasons of stress, and you’ve got a compound effect that can feel more than a bit overwhelming.

Faith, Fighting for What's Good, Overcoming FearsNathan WestwickSeptember 14, 2021Hardship, Desert, Fighting On, Loss, Risk-Taking, Trying Again, Vulnerability Comment

Ready, Set, Go!

I’m fairly certain we can all relate to the paralyzing fear associated with feeling called to move in a particular direction. Perhaps it’s a calling for a career change, or to move to a new city, or maybe it’s a calling to finally pop the question to your longtime girlfriend.

The fears seem to wait until after we’re convinced that we should take that big step—it’s almost as if the torrent is held back until we finally decide to move forward in courage, and then the floodwaters break and all of the fears and doubts roll in…

Faith, Overcoming FearsNathan WestwickOctober 21, 2015Trust, Leap of Faith, Trying AgainComment

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