138 - How to Trade Your Not-Enough for God’s Abundantly-Able

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz

I want to be enough. Get it all the way right. Finish it on my own. But hold my not-enough in open hands. Release. Surrender. Dig deeper and discover more to let go. That’s hard.

And it’s holy. Gift dripping with grace. God here in this paper-thin place.

I’d tell you I know God’s good, but then I met Him on my knees and through many tears and with worship music loud and on repeat and I know Him differently now. When praise is easy, you trust what you see. Take prayers answered how you expect as evidence that God hears, cares, redeems. But when you’re in the middle a long time and don’t know how it will end, you’ve got to lean into what you can’t see. Trust that God is good now. Nevertheless.

Even when He’s not done yet—because there is where His more-than-enough collides with your not-enough.

Links mentioned:

1. Mary Demuth’s 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge. Grab the book (affiliate link), and join us here.

2. Jennifer Dukes Lee’s study for It’s All Under Control (affiliate link).

3. Read the first chapter (FREE!) of Becky Beresford's writes in her soon-releasing book, She Believed HE Could, So She Did: Trading Culture’s Lies for Christ-Centered Empowerment.

4. Get a sneak peek of my pocket-sized devotional, Cultivating a Missional Life, HERE. If you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional.

5. Read the written version of this episode HERE.