Why You Can Be Strong in This Season with Cathie Ostapchuk
I’m going solo on this episode – and I’ll tell you why! This is an unusual seasons of uncertainty – struggles within and wars all around.
If you have been listening to The Strong Way, I envision you as someone who is somewhere and perhaps is wanting to move somewhere else. You may be either stunned but all that is going on, stuck for longer than you had thought possible or feeling stranded on an island of insecurity and uncertainty.
You are in, for all intents and purposes, transition. That word. That word that describes so many of your journeys but that word that often is accompanied by shame and disbelief. You think you should have had it figured out by now. And then life hit. You may be stunned, stuck, or stranded – or all three.
This episode is for you. There are ways of thinking and tools to grab on to that can get you on your strong way forward and keep you moving in the way you were meant to – from strength to strength.
Here’s what you need:
A Promise to Launch You
What you believe about your inherent value is vital. You were born with a promise that the God of the universe would not only go before you, he would go with you to the finish. He believes in you that much.
A Principle to Guide You
The myth is that hard times knock us out and we grow weaker the longer we live. The opposite is true. Hard times surface what we are made of and we were designed to go from strength to strength. Your soul and resolve can grow stronger, even while your physical body becomes weaker.
A Process to Secure You
You need a strategy. Hope is not a strategy: strategy is strategy and includes an assessment of your current realty, knowing your core values, a vision of your future and some strategic steps to get you there.
You need a supportive community – no one can do it alone – that is a myth. Find your people. It may take some time – but keep praying and keep looking.
You need to understand the season of your life and embrace it. One season ends, but that doesn’t mean everything ends. It just means that season must end before another one can begin.
A Progress Question to Move You Forward
- What am I taking with me that is no longer necessary or mine to carry?
- What am I picking up that has my name on it and brings joy?
It’s time to believe you are strong by design. It’s time to believe that despite what the world is throwing at your from without and what you are wrestling to the ground within, you have it in you to finish strong. I believe in you!
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