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You are here: Home / guest post / Staying Strong When Your Heart Feels Weak

January 16, 2019 by Tricia Goyer 2 Comments

Staying Strong When Your Heart Feels Weak

Do you see yourself as a weak person? I didn’t either, and then one day changed everything. 

I’ve never thought of myself as a weak person. That is until the day I crumbled onto the floor of my bedroom, feeling as if I had nothing left to give. Tears had flowed earlier that day, but not now. I’d been trying to reach out to my angry daughter throughout the day but to no avail.

Although her anger was directed toward me, I knew I wasn’t the source of her mad. Her “mad” had built over the years: from early trauma, being put into foster care, and feeling like a burden, rather than part of a family, part of a home. And although my mind had compassion for her, my heart felt weak, as if it had been pulled out of my chest, wrung out, and tossed to the side.

Lord, I’m not sure I can keep doing this, I whispered into the carpet. I don’t think my heart can take anymore.

Parenting some days is harder than I ever imagined. “In this world, you will have trouble,” Jesus said in John 16:33. And there’s no truer verse in the Bible.

For my husband and I, this has meant dealing with our adopted children’s anger. It’s also meant facing financial troubles, losing key relationships unexpectedly and painfully, and so much more.

Thankfully, even though Jesus understands the pain this world brings, He’s also wrapped two promises around it. The full verse says: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

First, Jesus offers us peace. Second, he offers us himself. When we lose heart He’s the answer. How? He states it plainly. Jesus has overcome the world!

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  1. Jodi says

    January 16, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    Thanks for this post, I really needed it today!

    Reply
  2. karen parrish says

    January 16, 2019 at 10:33 pm

    loved reading your post!

    Reply

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