Making the Most of Who You Are • Especially the Parts You Don’t Like
My strengths are closely tied to what I label as “weaknesses.” Perhaps it’s about focusing on the parts that are helpful and letting the other stuff go.
My strengths are closely tied to what I label as “weaknesses.” Perhaps it’s about focusing on the parts that are helpful and letting the other stuff go.
So, I’ve decided to do something this season that I want to encourage you to do as well if you are so inclined: embrace the melancholy.
“Brace yourselves,” the doctor said. The months that followed were a Gethsemane place for me, a taste the bittersweet of Job, “Even if You slay me…”
I have found that times of suffering have led me into a new kind of joy, a deeper intimacy with God as I reach the end of myself.