WHEN YOU RESIST, IT HURTS

This morning, in the quiet place of prayer, I was pouring out my heart to God, laying down every care and concern, saying sincerely, “Lord, I surrender all.”

And right there, I heard it gently in my spirit:

“When you resist, it hurts.”

It wasn’t condemnation. It was kindness.

It was truth spoken in love.

And it touched a deep part of me.

Because sometimes, the pain we feel is not just from what is happening to us, but from our fight against it.

We brace ourselves. We tighten up.

We whisper, “This shouldn’t be happening.”

We cry out, “Why me?”

We resist.

And that resistance… it brings pain. Oh dear!

I want to gently remind you, just as God reminded me:

You don’t have to fight everything.

Not every wave is meant to be stopped.

Some are meant to be ridden.

Some are meant to carry us into deeper trust, into fuller surrender.

Pain often intensifies when we say no to what life, or God, is allowing in the moment. But when we stop resisting, when we breathe, loosen our grip, and open our heart to what is, a strange thing happens:

Peace begins to seep in.

This is not about giving up.

This is about letting go of the fight that is exhausting your soul.

It is about releasing the need to control what is beyond your reach,

and resting in the arms of the One who holds you and your future tenderly.

Your heart was not made to carry the world.

Your soul was not designed to live in constant resistance.

So today, if it hurts, please let it go, and let love, acceptance, and divine peace take it from there.

You are not alone.

You are deeply held, even in this.🌹