Depending on where you are in life, you’ve probably lived through a lot—joy and sorrow, breakthrough and heartbreak, growth and disappointment. Maybe you’re stuck in a cycle that feels endless. Maybe you’re tired of showing up for the same struggle, hoping this time will be different.

Eventually, there comes a moment of reckoning. A holy pause. A sacred realization:

Things have to get out of me if I want to get up.

The bitterness. The fear. The shame I’ve been carrying. The false identities. The comparison. The anger I never grieved properly. The lies I’ve believed.

They don’t belong where I’m going.

You see, resurrection can’t happen without release. Healing can’t happen without honesty. And growth requires surrender. The deeper I want to go with God, the more He reveals what still needs to come up and out of me.

So today, if you find yourself stuck, don’t ignore what’s stirring inside. Ask God to show you what needs to be released. Let Him do the deep work—because freedom isn’t found in pretending we’re okay, it’s found in letting Him clean house.

Jesus & Freedom. Jesus & Honesty. Jesus & Starting Again.

Three Steps to Move Forward:

1. Pray Boldly:
   Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what needs to come out of you—whether it’s unforgiveness, fear, pride, or pain you’ve buried. Don’t rush it. Be honest and still before Him.

2. Process with God (and People):
   Journal what He shows you. Talk to a trusted friend, mentor, or counselor. Healing often happens in community, not isolation.

3. Practice Surrender Daily:
   Release what doesn’t serve your healing or God’s purpose for you. Speak truth over yourself. Replace lies with Scripture. Declare: “I am not who I was. I am who God says I am.”

Scripture for Reflection:

“Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”

—Psalm 139:23–24 (NIV)

Let this be the season where you stop suppressing and start surrendering. There’s new life waiting on the other side.