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Have you ever felt like your life was going up in flames? Sometimes I feel like the very thing I took great pains to plan for takes the most unexpected turns or results in insurmountable obstacles that throws my whole life off course. 

As women who work hard and serve others as daughters, sisters,  wives, and mothers, we do our best to plan and prepare for everything. In some ways, it is part of our nature as nurturers. We create plans and backup plans and backups to the backups just to make sure there are no surprises. And yet, somehow, life still has a way of catching us off guard and bringing everything we planned to a screeching halt. So what do we do when life comes to a screeching halt and there’s nothing we can do to prevent it?


In this episode of Coffee with Chrystal, I give you practical tips on handling the obstacles life can throw your way. You may not get to choose your struggle, but you do get to choose who you will be on the other side. You get to choose whether you will push through and stay the course or if you will allow the breakdown to actually break you. If we aren’t careful, we can become so overwhelmed by the unexpected that we lose ourselves and our focus in the chaos.

And yet, your life… my life, has purpose. We are not here simply to exist. God created us with a divine plan in mind and it’s our job to walk out that plan. However, when we allow our circumstances to overwhelm us and life’s unexpected brick walls to halt our progress, we hinder his work in and through us. Thus, we must see the breakdown for what it is, a temporary stop. Maybe the discomfort  is meant to signal the need for a course correction. Maybe it is meant to be a resting point. Maybe it is simply meant to produce resiliency. Whatever the case may be, it is not meant to be the end of the road for our life’s purpose.

So girl, be honest with yourself about what you need to push through. Give yourself the grace you need to push through. And then decide today who you are gonna be in the aftermath of the breakdown.

Oh, and then… just keep going. 

Your purpose is too important for you to let a breakdown break you.

 

Highlights from Today’s Episode

  • Assess unexpected obstacles
  • See the blessing in the breakdown
  • Take practical steps to overcome brick walls

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Let’s Talk!

  1. Where do you need to set new expectations to help you get through an unexpected life halt?
  2. In what area of your life have you walked away from something that you know God has called you to rebuild?
  3. Are you in the midst of a breakdown? And if so, what do you need to keep moving forward and not let the breakdown break you?

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