Driven

This thought that we're never enough...

There is a little voice deep inside, urging us to do better, to deserve our grace, to deserve everything....
And then we find out one day that we can always do better. Always.
       And then, from there, we find out we can always be better than we are, and that's when it begins. A tumultuous whirlpool of trying, striving, hoping, slaving and we just want to come up to breathe but then we remember, what doesn't kill me makes me stronger, and so we keep fighting our way, swallowing water until our throats hurt and we can't think clearly anymore. We want to be the best, the best we can be, and of course, we can always be better... When God says, Stop. and the world stops spinning.

He says, "You don't have to live up to your full potential all the time, because you can't.
You may think you're worthless unless you're working, but my Word says REST.
Worship is not a reflection on your holiness, but Mine.
If you cannot be holy, lay down your torch and let me shine.
Don't push away the gifts that come because you feel unworthy to deserve--
Take them please because I'm trying to GIVE.
If your courage fails and your strength is dying,
Come to the one who roars strength like a lion.
Above all, don't hate yourself for things you can't do,
You couldn't save yourself, so I sent my son to save you.
You are precious, not because you buff my image til it shines,
But because you are designed piece by piece by peace of mine."

Then comes the letting go, with a sigh that moves mountains,
No striving is as powerful as peace: Truth makes unnecessary the lie,
We are free, no more whips of Pride...