Somehow this turned out to be a tough week for me. I don’t really know why, but everywhere I turned I was being challenged and stretched. I could write about how my husband was busy or my baby was teething, but reality is: No outside influences dictate my heart. It’s hard to accept the reality that I alone choose how I respond to life. No one does it for me. No one and nothing makes me do things a certain way. I do what I do because I choose it. This is a discouraging reality on it’s own.

We would have a much more hope-filled perspective if we stopped to consider our surroundings in light of the cross. Difficulties can mold us into Christ likeness. Opposition can be faced boldly with the truth. Wrongdoings can be owned up to and changed. Can. We need to choose to do it.

This afternoon I played a song called “Clinging to the Cross” on repeat on my iTunes 20 times or so. Even if you didn’t have a difficult week I hope that the words will be an encouragement to you too…

My soul is weak
My heart is numb
I cannot see
But still my hope is found in You
I’ll hold on tightly
You will never let me go
For Jesus, You will never fail
Jesus, You will never fail

Simply to the cross I cling
Letting go of all earthly things
Clinging to the cross
Mercy’s found a way for me
Hope is here as I am free
Jesus, You are all I need
Clinging to the cross

(”Clinging to the Cross” from the album Holding Nothing Back by Tim Hughes)