The misconception heard around the world

If I made a list of the things I have been through this year you would surely think I am exaggerating. No one person can manage that much being thrown at them all within the same year. You would say " stop being so dramatic Jewell- you are full of it." And yet I'm not. As mentioned in previous posts this year has been the most challenging for more reasons than I can count. And let me be clear guys- I am not even talking about this pandemic. I'll share some of those reasons at a later date but for now I want to share a very common misconception that makes me shutter every time I hear it. " God will never give you more than you can handle". Ya'll that's straight baloney. Thats a human mind trying to make sense of all the suffering around them and it isn't true. Now, let me be clear that our God has distinct promises for our trials but the above just isn't one of them.

Years ago I suffered a miscarriage. It was my first pregnancy and I was so excited! Loosing that child was devastating and took me down a very shaky road of uncertainty. It made me question everything. What if I couldn't carry a child to term? What if I have to go through the heartache again...and again? It was terrifying. Meanwhile, I was in a bible study during that time with several other ladies. The Bible study author told a story about a friend who had also lost a child. There was an explosion near a power plant in their city and her son was playing nearby. Everyone within a certain radius of the explosion were killed. Not just killed, their bodies were disintegrated. Nothing to bury. Nothing to morn. Nothing left. It was then that the author made the statement that our human mind has made this determination that " God won't give us more than we can handle", but that it simply isn't the case. My mind doesn't comprehend that kid of loss. No loving mother can handle their child being reduced to dust. However, what God does promise is that he isn't going to leave us during the suffering. And so, with HIS strength and HIS power he will pull us through and turn that terrible situation into good. A trial is never wasted if we give it to Jesus. So my question to you is this: What are you in the midst of today? Is this pandemic leaving you stressed and empty? Are you battling illness, have you lost a loved one, or maybe you are just terrified of the unknown? My encouragement to you today is he may give you more than YOU can handle but he will never allow it to be more than HE can. So I challenge you to release it to God; and let him bring you through and turn it into something beautiful!