“God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them.”
Have you ever experienced a profound and overwhelming sense of inadequacy?
Like you don’t have what it takes to make it another day?
Like you don’t have the skill, the patience, the hope, the money, the gifts, the support…
Like whatever it takes to live life well, I don’t possess that.
Congratulations… you have arrived at a potentially life-altering roadblock.
I refer to it as this… “the end of yourself.”
You have fallen short. You have realized in fact… you are not good enough. You in fact are too poor. You in fact do have a sucky job… it’s a fact, your marriage does need to improve.
Welcome to the end of yourself.
How do you know you are here? You feel like life is suffocating you. It feels as though you are drowning, and sinking deeper and deeper from the life you thought you were going to live…
Don’t be alarmed.
You have arrived at a place that is not all meant to destroy you… no… this place is meant to give you an incredible gift.
The gift of Humility. Empathy. Generosity.
You are learning what it is like to feel as though all hope is lost..
Now, it is time to take this profound pain, and use it to help people!
What do you wish people would have done for you in your most desperate moment? Now do that thing for someone else!
What do you you wish people would have given you when you felt like you were drowning? Now give that to someone! It could be money, a helping hand, an invite to a party…
If you have arrived at the end of yourself, it's time to start using the experience to live a life of service to those around you.
