Getting over what you thought you wanted
Getting over what you thought you wanted
An enlighten man once said, “When you’re in the uncomfortable place, give this season a hug”. I’ll take it a step further. Give this season a hug, a kiss, sit it down and cook it a good meal...get comfortable being uncomfortable. The way you treat this season determines the timing of your exit. My biggest prayer was, “Lord, don’t let me do anything stupid.” I understood that although I had a viable option to rant on social media, drive miles to do a pop up at his house, lose all sense of self and go crazy, it wouldn’t have done me ANY good.
When we say we’re “over it,” that phrase has a very nonchalant, sarcastic tone. Underneath the sarcasm and jokes, we’re still carrying bitterness or agitation. We loudly declare, “Over it!”, but in reality, we’re not. We’ve actually just used that as an attempt to hide our true feelings and push them further into that dark places of our minds.
When faced with a trial, it takes you into a low place. It leads you into a valley. When God wants us to get over something, He wants us to ask Him for help. He led us into the valley and He has every resource we need to walk over the mountain that’s before us. We even have the power to tell the mountain to move out of the way all together. Sometimes the trial is a mountain...so you can’t even see its peak behind the distant clouds. Its summit seems insurmountable. Sometimes our issue is like a wall, a large 40ft high barrier, and we’re at the bottom like, “Lord, how do I get over this?” Sometimes our greatest issue is like the vastness of a sea. The waves are crashing against your feet. You have no way of swimming across because you’ll surely drown. And you stand there, at the edge of the sea of depression, anxiety and insanity, and say, “Lord, how do I get over this?”
And each time, He looks at you and with a loving voice whispers, “I’m with you.”
Queen, tell the mountain to move. March around that wall and at the sound of the trumpet, wail until it has no choice but to come crashing down. Pick up your staff, drive it into the sand of that shore, and watch God part the waters of the sea like two cascading walls on either side of you.
In other words, when faced with a trial that seems insurmountable, don’t just get over it. Dance over it, leap over it, sing over it, praise over it! You are not obligated to be bound by your depression, your heartbreak, your disappointment. It does not have to stay. There is no schedule that we operate on that says we must be sad, down and out for at least ten years after a break up or an unfavorable life circumstance. No! Healing has no human timetable! You are an active participant in your healing process. If you are ready to get over it, you have to move!
“Get” is a verb. “Over” is a verb. That’s two action words, which means in order to get over it, you have to do more moving than sitting. You have to do more moving than wallowing. You have to do more moving than stressing. You have to do more moving than complaining. You have to do more moving than crying. Get to movin’! Get up from there! “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him...” (1 Samuel 16:1)
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