God will not give you more than you can handle, but what is not mentioned is that it will feel as if you cannot handle it. It will feel as if your heart is shattered to a million pieces and that you are irreversibly damaged and can never be the same as you were before. Amidst this turmoil, you’ll confront the raw truth of your vulnerability and the uncertainty of your own strength. It’s not a triumphant journey; rather, it’s a slow, painful process of acceptance and adaptation. The shattered pieces don’t magically fit back together, but in the brokenness, you discover a resilience you never knew existed. It’s not about becoming the same again; it’s about crafting a new version of yourself with the fragments that remain.
You are fragile and you are resilient; these are not two opposites, they go hand in hand. Life doesn’t neatly package strength and vulnerability as separate entities. They coexist, often in messy and unpredictable ways. You cannot have one without the other; it’s the duality of the human experience. Embracing your fragility doesn’t diminish your resilience; it shapes it. In acknowledging both, you navigate the complexities of life with a more authentic understanding of your own strength, tempered by the reality of your vulnerability.