24/08/2021
Let’s Go 🥰
When I’m paralyzed by fear, doubt, depression, despondency, and all else that leads to inaction and the feeling of being stuck and helpless, I pray, “Lord, move me, even if I can’t move myself. Move me even if I don’t realize I’m being moved.”
I pray this intermittently during the day, almost everyday. Sometimes I tell God about my weakness and limitations, telling Him this is what He has to work with.
I don’t know how God will answer for you. But I find that even in my unwillingness/inability to move sometimes, if I give myself over to Him, I *somehow* end up doing the things I know God had wanted me to do. Like getting out of bed in the midst of depression. Reaching out to a friend even in isolation. Doing my work even when discouraged.
It’s not instant, and sometimes my day-by-day movement seems very small. I find I have to keep praying/“renewing” this prayer every now and then. But progress, however small, is still progress and the small steps add up. And later when you look back, ang laki na pala ng mga hinakbang mo. It’s the Holy Spirit helping you move when you can’t move yourself. And you have only the Lord to thank for your progress that seemed impossible without His grace, and without prayer.
Lord, move us, even if we can’t move ourselves. Move us even if we don’t realize we’re being moved.
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(Reposted from my personal FB account - no sympathy for me please, I’m largely no longer in this situation by God’s grace and I’m sharing this to hopefully encourage others 🤗🙏🏼)