Enough

This past week absorbed me in studying for my final Anatomy practical.
I didn't really do much of anything else, but I sure did think a lot.

For a few weeks now I have been looking ahead to the end of the year. As exciting as it is to have just a month of school left, it's also pretty scary. There are a lot of projects to finish, exams to take, and decisions to be made. I've been frustrated and let down by people, but feel more confident in myself than ever. This saying has helped me realize that I need to stand up for what I want.

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."

Sometimes doing just that will mean dealing with a lot of struggles along the way, but if I don't stand for anything, I'll just be be present...rather than being active.

Lately the words to the Eli Young Band song Enough is Enough have filled my mind as I question what I should be doing in the next year-especially next fall.

I can't lean on you, Cause I'll fall right over,
Can't count on you, It doesn't add up,
This is going no where, Enough is enough

As I learn to stand for things, I find people giving up on me as I lean on them and count on them. What is enough?

Without any coincidence, Good Friday yesterday reminded me that even when people aren't enough for me in the struggles of life that Jesus is, was, and always will be enough.

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.

Even in your struggles for standing up, remember Jesus' actions for us. He is enough, His grace/peace/love/understanding/power/youfillintheblank is enough.