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Br\u2019er Rabbit and the Trouble of Trying Harder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today is one of those days. We all have them. Let\u2019s admit it. You try to do something, and it just seems to fall apart. You feel unproductive and a bit discombobulated. And somewhere in the middle of it, there\u2019s this quiet pressure\u2026 that you have to be perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever had one of those days? That\u2019s my day today. Let me show you the mess around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you remember when you were a child sitting outside in a mud puddle? Or maybe think of Br\u2019er Rabbit. He\u2019s a good example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the story goes, there is a tar baby in the field, and the rabbit hits it, then realizes he can\u2019t pull his fist away. So he hits it again\u2026 and again\u2026 until every part of him is stuck to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, that is my day. It seems I keep getting stuck, one spot after another. I am so stuck that I have decided to give up at this moment. I wonder if that rabbit ever decided to give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s stop and look at the situation. Br\u2019er Rabbit kept fighting it. Maybe he should have stopped after the first punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is kind of what I am doing now. I am stopping to reevaluate my situation. Sometimes, you just need to stop and breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do you handle those days when everything you attempt seems to be a roadblock? Your efforts feel fruitless. Do you keep punching through it, hoping to make it through, or do you stop, evaluate, and offer the situation to God for Him to resolve? You know He will give you guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I sit here with my thoughts in God\u2019s presence, I am listening for Him to show me what the best answer is. I am allowing Him to flow through my mind, my hands, and my body, guiding me where and what I need to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel as though I am still screwing up, like that dang Br\u2019er Rabbit. Didn\u2019t he know that if he had just stopped for a minute to breathe, to be in the moment, his situation would have resolved without all the extra effort\u2026 all that reacting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe that\u2019s what this looks like. Everything begins to fall together when we allow Him to move through us. We don\u2019t need to be the most beautiful, the most eloquent, or the richest for Him. He just wants us to be with Him and allow Him to work through us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is what I should do with my mess today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What about you? How are you going to handle your mess?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cFor thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel,
\u2018In returning and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~Psalm 30:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And maybe today\u2026
I am learning to see differently.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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