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the other day I shared some words that came to mind in the midst of prayer.
the words were super-encouraging at the time but looking back I kind of wondered why.
they sort of just said, suck it up and do it.

I was mentioning that to Stephan.
I said, “it was super encouraging but I don’t know why? why is suck it up and do it encouraging to me?”
He came back right on point. He said, “Cause God is calling out what’s in you, it like ‘pick up you mat and walk’”

He was talking about this story.

Jesus looks down at a paralyzed man and tells him, “Quit making excuses. Get up and walk.”
One cool thing about Jesus is that he’s not an overbearing leader.
I mean, he doesn’t do everything for folks.
Jesus will give you everything you need, then tell you to get up and do it.

He knew he’d given that paralyzed man what he needed to walk.
and Stephan was reminding me that Jesus had given me what I needed to do the work in front of me.
the “suck it up and do it” talk was encouraging because it meant, God knew I had what it takes.
hmm…

What can you suck it up and do?