I Got This

This note of encouragement comes from something I wrote several years ago. Its message has been bouncing around in my head lately, and I knew it was something I wanted and needed to share with you.
We were moving my friend when this was written. You know what that means … lots of ugh’s. Right?
May your heart be encouraged!

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I’ve got this.

If my nephew Scottie said it once, he said it a hundred times. I’ve got this.

They were the best words of the day.
No, of the week. Perhaps the month.

Moving from one home to another requires packing. Lifting. Hauling. And then more lifting.
Even in the best of circumstances, it’s just hard work.
And here we were, moving in the middle of downpours, flooding, and water-soaked roads and basements.
Trying to sort and organize and haul and drag and move a whole bunch of stuff where steps and water and gunky floors were filling the space.
Not too easy, says this girl with non-muscular triceps and quads that start to burn a bit too quickly.

But Scottie saved the day.

He insisted on doing the heaviest lifting…
Always saying…
I’ve got this.

I could have hugged him every time he said it.
But I knew that would have embarrassed him.

It was so reassuring to know that Scottie really did have it.
He had the muscles, the stamina, the strength.
And he wanted to help.

Scottie saw the need and he stepped up and met that need.

I’ve Got This was truth.
I don’t know how we would have gotten all the stuff organized into piles of Got Junk, Vet’s donations, and U-Haul without him.

Scottie’s I’ve Got This was a simple, everyday reminder for me about our Really Big God who also has it.

The way-too-much-water in Minnesota reminds me of the Israelites. They were trying to escape the slavery and beatings and death in Egypt, traveling to the land God had waiting for them.

But to get there? They had to cross the Red Sea. Without boats.

I’d be trying to come up with a plan.
Hmmm…
Do I remember enough from swimming lessons to swim the Red Sea? What about the sea creatures?
How long can I hold my breath?

No way out of trouble, so it seemed.

And what does God do?
He says…
I’ve Got This.

He divides the Red Sea, creating a walking path for 6,000 men PLUS women and children.
Right there…in the Sea…the water parts and the Israelites walk through to safety without getting their hair wet.

God really was telling the truth when He said, “Fear not … When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned.” (Isaiah 43:1-2)

So…
You know those situations, events, people, floods, fires that are overwhelming you, crushing you, wearing you out?
You’re out of strength, out of answers, out of sorts?

Just listen…
You’ll hear it…
God’s voice…

I’ve Got This

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