What do you can it when you're stuck between depressed and empowered?
When you can see your goals but they're so many obstacles in the way? When you see how little it takes to get started but feel like you have nothing?
When the help is right there but so far away?
The in between is not a fun place to be, at least not in the beginning.
You see the long journey ahead full of obstacles, potholes, and even unpaved places.
The journey seems that it'll be a long car ride, then you remember you don't even have a bike.
So what do you do?
Start walking.
Whether it's good walking shoes or whatever you can find, start the journey.
You may find along they way that it wasn't so long at all.
You may find that it was longer than expected but you'll never know if you don't take that first step.
That first step that says "I'm walking by faith and not by sight";
That first step that says "I'll get it out the mud";
The first step that says you understand that a handout is not coming so you'll get it "the Hardaway".
That first step may lead to helping hands, challenges, physical and mental demands, investments and losses but that first step is one step closer to the goal.
So, when your legs are feeling heavy and you think the load is just too much to bare, sit down for a minute.
Evaluate what to leave and what to take. And after you've gotten a little rest and caught your breath, take the next step.
Not everyone will go, not everyone will cheer, not everyone will understand or help. It's your journey, not theirs. Embrace it. Remember the good times and the bad so when you come across the next person in the in between you can encourage them to keep stepping.
There may just be a bike, bus, or car waiting right up the road. He does provide for His purposes. Just keep stepping. Walk in his will.
