You grip the steering wheel tighter.
And wonder if you will ever reach your destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is how life feels during a hard season.
We feel like the rain will never stop.
We believe the storm is everywhere.
We think we caused the clouds ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But these are just mental roadblocks on our map.
They try to stall our engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We think the storm lasts forever, that it\u2019s permanent.<\/strong> Remember the promise in Lamentations 3:22-23: The morning always comes. The second roadblock is pervasiveness.<\/strong> One engine light flickers. But your work stress isn’t your whole life. Look out the side window. The third roadblock is personalization.<\/strong> But a flat tire is an event. It is not an identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You are not the mistake you made. Failures are just lessons on the dashboard. Today, look at your life through the windshield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Identify one “storm” you think will last forever. So, keep your hands on the wheel. The cold rain hits the windshield.The wipers can\u2019t keep up.The road ahead looks like a blurred gray wall. You grip the steering wheel tighter.And wonder if you will ever reach your destination. This is how life feels during a hard season.We feel like the rain will never stop.We believe the storm is everywhere.We think we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[119,110,200,690],"coauthors":[398],"class_list":{"0":"post-10434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-inspirational-stories","8":"tag-bible","9":"tag-christianity","10":"tag-god","11":"tag-inspiration"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10436,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10434\/revisions\/10436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10434"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvnznews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=10434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
But rain is just weather, and weather always changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“His compassions fail not; they are new every morning.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The road continues past the storm.
Your current struggle is a mile marker, not the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOne puddle is not an ocean.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
We let one bad turn ruin the whole trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suddenly, we think the whole car is junk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your health struggle isn’t your whole story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is still beauty in the fields and gas in the tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\nYou are the driver, not the wreck.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
We hit a pothole and call ourselves failures.
We take the struggle personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are the one moving forward.
God equipped you for this journey.
He gave you the grit to keep driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They tell us how to drive better next time.
So, don’t let the map define your soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis storm shall pass, too.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Remind yourself that it is just weather.
That the clouds are breaking.
And the pavement is firm beneath you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The next turn is waiting with clear skies ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"