All of my life, I've been told "God won't give you more than you can handle."
& I'm gonna let you all in on a little something: that's a dang lie. It couldn't be farther from the truth.
I've been given a whole lot of things that were way too much for me to handle, this past year... More than I care to count.
I have been thinking about that a lot, the past few days. & I've come to the conclusion that I will be given more than I can take. If I wasn't, how would I ever learn to rely on Him? If I only had what I could take, and never any more, when would I learn to need Him? To love Him? To trust Him?
The truth is, I have way more than I can take on my own. But He has never, and will never, give me more than I can handle when I lean on Him. He doesn't give me more than the Atonement can get me through.
Some of my most trying experiences have taught me to be His daughter, and to trust Him. Being in over my head on my own has taught me to grasp the atonement--to take the hand that He always has stretched towards me, and to hang on tight.
I'm never given more than Someone before me has already felt. I'm never asked to do something that He can't push or pull (or, as has often been the case with me, drag) me through, if I rely on Him and do my best.
I'm blessed beyond measure, not because I am never given tough situations, but because I am. I'm blessed to have this earthly experience of growth. I'm blessed to be given the opportunity to be better today than I was yesterday. I'm blessed to be learning to be closer to Him.
Yes, I'm given more than I can take, on my own. But the beautiful thing is, I don't need to do it on my own. & for that, I'm so grateful.
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." --Proverbs 3:5-6
