“ But there ’ s a difference between shame and guilt . Knowing the difference will help you gain freedom to let go of shame from your past .”
room , but you ’ ve probably contemplated quitting something important . You may feel like giving up right now .
• You had a dream and pursued your goal with gusto but hit some resistance and your effort stalled out . You ’ ve had little to no progress . Frustration has set in . You ’ re discouraged . You feel like giving up .
• There was a relationship you tried to restore . You reached out to initiate healing , but it didn ’ t go well . Things are worse today than they were before .
• You may be working to save your marriage , but your spouse isn ’ t cooperating , and you are running out of fight .
• You ’ ve been praying and praying for your child to come back to Jesus , or for healing , or for financial provision , or for God to help you overcome an addiction , but your prayers aren ’ t getting the results you want , and you are almost out of hope .
• You ’ ve battled a debilitating depression , and the pain simply won ’ t subside . You don ’ t want to give up on life , but you wonder how much longer you ’ ll have the strength to go on .
I ’ ve talked to people who want to give up , and they ’ ll say , “ Craig , I ’ m done .” You might feel that way . If so , let me remind you :
If you ’ re not dead , you ’ re not done . God has more for you .
I understand that you ’ re discouraged and feel like giving up , but God has more for you to do :
• more love to give
• more people to help
• more ministries to start
• more businesses to launch
• more content to create
• more hope to share
• more friendships to make
You may feel too tired to get excited about “ more .” You might be thinking , More ? I ’ m so tired . I can ’ t do more .
If that ’ s true , consider what David Allen says in his book Getting Things Done : “ Much of the stress that people feel doesn ’ t come from having too much to do . It comes from not finishing what they ’ ve started .”
Could the issue be not that you have too much to do but that you haven ’ t yet done what God ’ s called you to do ?
Do you have some unfinished business ? Please pause to reflect on this question : What has God prompted you to do that you haven ’ t done yet ?
“ But there ’ s a difference between shame and guilt . Knowing the difference will help you gain freedom to let go of shame from your past .”
Perhaps you ’ d be wise to take the advice Paul gave to the Corinthians : “ It would be good for you to finish what you started ” ( 2 Cor . 8:10 NLT ).
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