“The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.”—Habakkuk 3:19 (NIV)
Are you so worn down that facing one more battle feels impossible?
Grief and endless demands can leave us staring at the ceiling at night, whispering into the dark, “I can’t do this anymore.”
I carried that ache into a women’s retreat in the Colorado mountains, hoping the change of scenery might thaw my ice-cold, weary soul. But my grief felt as ancient and unyielding as the peaks around me, frozen beyond tears, untouched by the warmth I had come seeking.
On the first evening of the retreat, as voices rose in worship, I lifted my hands, not in adoration, but in surrender. My shoulders sagged under the weight of unanswered prayers as I begged God to break the hardened ground of my soul.
He met me there, not with spectacle but with a whisper strong enough to crack the ice within: “Daughter, I am fighting for you.” Not “I will fight.” Not “I fought.” But “I am fighting” at this very moment.
But how do you keep believing that God is fighting for you when everything in front of you still says otherwise?
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