the shame of asking for help when you are running out
The day is done, and the silence is pressing in, making you feel like reaching out is the final admission of defeat. You are running out, and you believe that asking for help will only prove you are not enough.
But consider the light that stood at a door, not breaking it down, but knocking—patient, waiting for the choice to open. There is no shame in the knock, and nothing in the light that judges the emptiness you carry right now.
The very act of asking is the hand reaching back, not to be fixed, but to be held. And the Father has already been pleased to give you this kingdom, not as a reward for your strength, but as a gift for your exhaustion.
Drawing from
John, Revelation
Verses
John 3:20, Revelation 3:20
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