APRIL 26
He did not say: You will not be troubled, you will not be
belaboured, you will not be disquieted; but he said: You will
not be overcome.
—JULIAN OF NORWICHSometimes we feel that we will be overcome. When we are
tired, and the future looks grim and mined with occasions
for potential grief, we feel as though it will be too much for
us. We won’t be able to “take it” anymore.
But the weeks go by and we haven’t crumbled yet. We’ve
been sad, even despairing, continuing to see the future as
bleak—but we haven’t been overcome.
And after a while a sturdy confidence sets in. Look what
we have been through! Look what we have survived. And
if we’ve done it so far, why not tomorrow, and next week
and next month, and on those occasions which are bound
to come when we feel, once again, that we may not make it
through?
But look!—we have! And we can again.
I am strong. I am saddened, sometimes tired, discouraged. But
I’ve made it so far. I will not be overcome.