"I will try my best," is something I have said far too much. Lately "trying" has been on my mind, and kind of running my life. Trying to be kind, trying to trust, trying study, trying to train my puppy, trying to eat healthy and the list goes on. Trying, trying, trying, is all I have been accomplishing. In other words, all I have accomplished is stress, exhaustion, and a snappish behavior. None of these things are on my to do list or in my planner. I don't have sticky notes all over that say "be stress," and "try hard but don't finish." Somehow with all the trying I have not truly accomplished anything, at least not in a peaceful or healthy way. I have not failed but I have not succeeded, I have only tried to no avail.
Instead of trying, I am going to do, do what I can. Doing as much as I can and doing the best I can and being very thankful for God's grace.
I'm not going to try my best, I am going to do my best because trying gets you nowhere but doing what you can gets your somewhere.
God is showing me to be a doer and a giver and not someone who only tries. I'm refreshing the way I'm trying to accomplish things by doing what I can. I am learning to take one step at a time instead of being overwhelmed, doing one small thing followed by one more small thing.
It is simple in a hard way, you do what you can, in the time you have, for the glory of God.
Try- make an attempt or effort to do something.
I don't want to live life half-hearted, and settle. I am putting my trust in the Lord, giving my all to my Savoir. I am going to trust the Lord.
We are human and we will fail but that doesn't mean we are worthless it just means we need God's grace and His strength. We must disconnect our failures and sins from our identity. As Christians our identity is not in what we do, how much we try, what our bodies look like or how rich we are, but our identities are in Christ Jesus. All our trying with be in vain if we are trying to please people. Let your aim be to please the Lord. God will make you whole, give you peace, and fill you with joy as you glorify Him.
Galatians 6:9 ESV
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
P.s. I wrote this a few months ago and now I finally got around to posting it, better late than never, right? :)
