The Struggle Is Real

Struggling is a universal phenomenon. Human babies struggle to take their first breath just as baby birds struggle to ascend into their first flight. A calf struggles to take its first steps. No living thing escapes what we know as a struggle. But some do manage to escape the full weight of the struggle. The part that makes it seem almost impossible to try.

The view that many have of a struggle in our current time is something that is oppressive. A struggle is viewed as something designed to frustrate you to the point of a loss of hope. Struggling is among the least desirable things that anyone can endure. However, a struggle is one of the most precious gifts from God.

When a baby is born the struggle to take in that first breath is undeniable. The parents and the doctors wait for it. The nurses whisper silent prayers. Everyone in the room pauses to hold on to the one thing that the baby is struggling for. No one breathes until the baby's struggle for breath is over. 

The mother bird knows that flying will be a struggle, but she nudges her baby out of the nest. She forces him to embrace the struggle and soar into his first flight. The mother cow is just as demanding when she pushes her calf to stand. Each acknowledges that the struggle is real. However each mother also believes in something bigger than the struggle itself.

The mother bird overcame the struggle of her own first flight. The mother cow managed to walk. And the human mother....She fought to open up her lungs and let air in on the day she was born. Each mother trusted that the struggle faced by their babies was not stronger than the baby's ability to overcome. 

So we fight. We wrestle. We struggle. We acknowledge that breathing is hard. Walking is hard. Flying is hard. But remember that I said a struggle is a precious gift from God? Without struggling for and taking that first breath, a baby would have no life. A calf would not walk into its purpose. A bird would never learn to fly. You would never understand how strong you are or how much God had already placed inside of you. The struggle is real. But my friends, so is God.

Adayinthelife :-)