It can be hard to see progress when you’re sitting in the midst of it everyday. It often happens little by little. Moment by moment. Not in big portions that can be easily seen and tracked. We shed that weight pound by pound. We grow inch by inch. When we get stronger we may not notice until that box we once couldn’t lift on our own is now picked up and moved in our own strength.
I was reminded by some picture memories that last year at this time I had to put one of my children on a leash everywhere that we went. It was for their own safety because they wouldn’t listen to my instructions. When I was in the middle of it, it felt like a very hard thing to conquer. But here I sit a year later and it feels like a distant memory. I exited that phase almost as quickly as I entered it. And now I sit here hardly remembering what it felt like. Barely noticing when it was over.
I guess I’m pondering this because here I sit in the midst of other phases and hard things that I’m trying to make progress on. And it sorta feels like my wheels are spinning. Like the next step will never be reached. But it will. If I keep at it. Put in the work. Rely on Jesus. Pray. And remain steadfast. These things will also come to pass in His grace.
If you find yourself in the midst of something hard. That is taking all your strength. That you feel you might never see progress on. Faithfully keep going! Don’t quit. It’s hard to see progress when we are in the middle of it all. But in time that hard work will pay off. You will look back eventually and see how far you’ve come!
***And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9***