There is always enough.

At times, I find this both frustrating and extremely comforting.

My husband and I have this theory that we can never have extra. Do we live better than the rest of the world? Sure. But what I mean is, when it comes to covering bills and surprise expenses, there always seems to be just enough. When one of us picks up extra work, the other usually gets unexpectedly called off. When one of us makes extra money, a new expense arises. When one shift pays less, the next pays more… That’s life. But that’s also enough. When I look back over our years and our children and our lives, what we made for income shouldn’t have always been enough. But it was.

I’m in a season where I’m working to support my family’s dreams instead of my own. Some days, I look at my dreams limping along beside me and I wonder, will there be enough for them? Will there be enough creativity for when I get the chance to pour into them again? Will there be space for me in the world by then? Will my dreams still have enough fuel to go where I hope that they will go?

And I have to believe: there will always be enough.

Up to this point, wherever you are, there has always been enough. It probably hasn’t felt like it, at times. Sometimes we feel like there really isn’t enough ANYTHING. But as we sit here and read this together, has there been enough?

Have you had enough to make it to this point? Has there been provision? Has there been enough grace? Has there been enough love?

This isn’t just material.

There was a season in my life I felt like I ran out of grace and out of love. But when I look back, there was a thread that kept me going and sustained me – however small and steady it was, it was there, being enough… And then finally, when I burst out of the darkness, I found that there was more than enough grace and love waiting for me on the other side and I realized it had been there the entire time – even when I couldn’t see it or feel it.

Are you alone? Are you discouraged? Are you riddled with pain and fear and sin and dread and guilt and shame? Do you feel like there’s not enough blood in your veins? Air in your lungs? Peace in your mind? Love for you heart?

Perhaps when we quiet ourselves and listen we’ll truly see that there is what there always has been all along: Enough. Sometimes just enough. Sometimes excess. Sometimes tiny threads.

But there has always been enough.

If you’re staring at mountains and wondering if your legs are strong enough to climb them, ask yourself instead if you have the strength to just take one step forward – or maybe even just the strength to stand your ground. What you have today is enough.

And there will be enough for tomorrow, too.