I have so much to be thankful for today, yesterday and tomorrow. So, as I write a bit about my “problems” this morning, please know that I am very mindful of how we all struggle in ways that feel unique but are actually quite common yet in no way not significant.
So, let’s go…
Here is something you need to know about me, I want to believe that my big problems in life only have big solutions. This belief allows me to sit stagnant in my big problems because I can convince myself that, right now, I don’t have the mental, emotional, relational, spiritual or even financial resources that I would need to tackle a big problem. So here I sit, justified and excused in my big problem that I hope I will be able to address down the road someday when things get better.
But here is the truth...my big problems almost always have small solutions.
Yeah, that is worth repeating, my big problems almost always have small solutions, and when I embrace this truth my self-centered excuses and justifications that have had me fearfully frozen in my big problems melt away.
For me, those small solutions usually look like a conversation with a trusted friend or a written plan (usually both) and certainly prayer. Most days you can find me either shaking my fist in God’s face or in an all-out sprint running away and hiding/ignoring or distracting myself from his grace, forgiveness and acceptance.
Is there a big problem that has had you frozen in the big solution mentality? The answer is still yes for me. Let’s take a small step towards accepting the notion of a small solution today and see what God does when we stop hiding from and resisting him as well.
-Robert Shryoc