Why is that a legitimate saying?

Because it is SO TRUE!

Have you ever boarded an airplane and looked down the isle with nervous anticipation? You grit your teeth as you look to the left and quickly scan every row for a window or aisle seat. You see no empty aisle seat or window seat to the left and you jerk your head with record speed to the right! A drop of sweat forms on your forehead as you frantically search each row for any available window or aisle seat. All you need is one! PLEASE GOD, you’ll even take the window or isle seat in the emergency row where you have to endure listening to the flight attendants speech about how you must perform the proper safety measures for everyone around you, in case of an emergency, before you put your own mask on!

But alas, the sweat dries on your forehead and you finally breathe out that sigh of resignation you’ve been holding in, as you realize you are going to end up in that dreaded MIDDLE SEAT?

You know, where you sit with your arms crossed on your lap as to not bump the person on your left or the person on your right. You dare not reach under your seat to grab gum out of your purse or backpack, even though you know your ears are going to fill up and not pop because of it! You don’t bend down and grab your healthy snack of almonds you diligently packed just for this occasion. No, you resign yourself to the fact that in the middle seat you will eat their stale pretzels instead!

Finally, you pretend you are amused by their in-flight magazine that you’ve seen over and over again the last several years. Do they ever update this thing? Because the novel you are dying to finish reading and are sitting on pins and needles to discover the outcome of is residing in that bag stored safely under your seat. You are unable to reach it from your middle seat with your politely crossed arms.

You truly are STUCK IN THE MIDDLE!

What do you find yourself in the middle of? Are you STUCK in it? 

Is it overwhelming you, discouraging you, holding you down, holding you back, defeating you, or even stopping you from moving forward?

LOOK UP!

WHEN YOU ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE YOU NEED TO LOOK UP! 

“But you, Lord, are a shield around me,

My glory, The One who lifts my head high.

I call out to the Lord, and He answers me from His holy mountain.

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.”

Psalm3:3-5

TRUTH BOMB

EVEN WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE, WITH JESUS YOU ARE NEVER STUCK! 

I am in the middle of something right now my friends! Each and every day I keep plugging away at it working harder and harder than the day before. No matter how hard I work or how much effort I put in, it feels like I’m still in the middle of it! 

Sure, I know I’ve made progress, but it feels like a drop in the bucket compared to what still needs to be done.

The key to my situation and yours is to LOOK UP! To know that the only way to be in the middle and not get STUCK IS TO LIFT OUR EYES TO OUR LORD, OUR SHIELD, OUR GLORY AND THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN LIFT OUR HEADS AND KEEP US UNSTUCK UNTIL WE EMERGE FROM THE MIDDLE!

AND WITH HIS HELP, WE WILL!

We may be in the middle of it, but with Jesus we don’t have to be stuck there!

Speak Truth Love