I started six documents on my computer, got frustrated, scrolled through Facebook, replied to comments, checked email, replied to emails, swept the floor, shook out the kitchen rug, stared at my computer, fed the cat, vacuumed, checked the weather, stared at the computer, texted cute emojis to Jeff, made my bed, and thought about mopping floors.

Maybe now, I can write. Or stare. Either way, I gotta sit here until I break through.

Resistance bites me on the blog I want to write and the book proposal I need to edit. Call it—blocked, lazy, procrastination, or a slimy little devil—Resistance slithers in when we decide to move forward with any good thing. All our fears show up and bring their evil, menopausal stepmother with them.

Who are you kidding? What were you thinking? You can’t do this.

It’s an all-out battle with our thoughts, isn’t it?

Maybe we want to start a hobby, a relationship, a conversation, or a whole new career. Maybe we want to stop over-spending, over-eating, over-drinking or over-thinking. We simply aim to be healthy in body, mind, and spirit. And Boom.

Resistance shows up.

Then we resist change because status quo seems safer and way more fun, right? Biggest. lie. ever. Staying safe shuts us down and keeps us small. It robs us of becoming who God created us to be.

Braden, my ten-year-old grandson, loves puns. At the playground, he saw steps standing a few feet above the ground and shaped like big, green leaves. With wide spaces in between, they stood in his way to the spiral slide. But, he was undaunted and inspired.

“It will take a leaf of faith to get there.” With his little sideways smile and laser focus, he jumped from leaf to leaf to wobbly leaf.

What stops us from taking a leap of faith?

Fear is a liar and self-talk is sneaky. Left alone, they continue to boss us around and tell us who we are.  Too late. Stupid. Incapable. Impostor. Unworthy. Unlovable. And they tell us what to do. Give up. Turn around. Don’t even try.

Stop right there. These lies don’t define us and they don’t order our destiny. We are created on purpose, for good purpose. “God did not give us a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind [self-discipline].” ^{2 Tim. 1:7}

He designed us with Resilience.

Today, we reclaim our power, sit with resistance, and pray. We tell it, “Nope. Not today. Jesus and me. We got this.”

We are on the verge of breakthrough, my friend. Step before you’re ready. Courage will catch up. Take your leap and keep on leaping as many times as it takes to shut. Hell. Up.

“So let God work his will in you, yell a loud no to the devil and watch him scamper. Say a quiet yes to God and he’ll be there in no time.” ^{James 4:7-8a.} 

He designed us with spirit, spunk, and moxie. Whatever you call it, it’s Resilience. Reclaim it today.😎❤✌

 

“To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. If you believe in God (and I do) you must declare Resistance evil, for it prevents us from achieving the life God intended when He endowed each of us with our own unique genius.” ~ Steven Pressfield

Read all about “Resistance” in Steven Pressfield’s  book: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles   

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