Let me start with this:
The point of this blog is to be real. So I’m going to be real for a minute… actually, for the next few hundred words.
I’m tired. Like, soul-deep, brain-fog, where-did-I-put-my-coffee-again kind of tired.
Not just because I stayed up too late or didn’t sleep well (though, let’s be honest—those things are true too). I’m tired because life is a lot right now.
I’m working full time outside of ministry. I’m running an online ministry that I deeply believe in. I’m a husband. A dad. I’m weighing next steps with two different churches that are praying about bringing me on as their pastor. Oh—and I’m also writing a book, squeezing in meetings, trying to be present with my family, keeping the house from turning into a disaster, and reminding myself that God is still in control while everything around me feels like it’s hanging by a thread.
And we haven’t even talked about the grocery bill yet.
Let’s talk about that for a second—because if you’re anything like me, every time you open a bill or check out at the store, you feel like you need to sit down and pray over your bank account. Everything is going up. Electricity. Gas. Groceries. Random expenses you didn’t see coming. And somehow, life just expects you to keep going like it’s all totally normal.
It’s not. It’s hard. For a lot of us.
And I know I’m not alone in this. I think a lot of people are living in this strange in-between where you know God has called you to something—but you’re also stretched so thin that you’re not sure how much more you can give without breaking.
Here’s the truth I’m holding onto:
God never asked us to be superhuman. He asked us to be faithful.
Even if that faithfulness looks like showing up tired.
Even if it means praying while folding laundry or crying while driving to work.
Even if it means pausing in the middle of the chaos and whispering, “God, I trust You. But also… help.”
And He honors that.
I don’t have the perfect answers right now. I’m still praying through big decisions. I’m still learning to rest (not great at it yet, in case you were wondering). I’m still trusting God with provision when the numbers don’t always make sense.
But I am still showing up.
Exhausted? Sometimes.
Overwhelmed? Yeah.
Questioning how it’s all going to come together? More than I’d like to admit.
But I’m here. And I believe God meets us in these moments when we don’t have much left—because that’s where His strength shows up the most.
So if you’re in that same place today—stretched thin, worn out, low on energy, faith, or money—know this:
You’re not alone.
You’re not a failure.
And showing up, even tired, still counts.
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)
Thanks for reading.
If you’re tired too—I'm praying for you today. Let’s keep showing up together.
