I saw a meme the other day that really resonated. It said,

“I’ll never forget how my father told me, ‘When God put a calling on your life, He already factored in your stupidity.’  That’s the most reassuring thing I’ve ever heard.”

This is something that could be said by a lot of fathers—and, assuredly—an accurate sentiment from the Father of us all.  Whether ignorance, stubbornness, pride, fear—or just plain gravity and inertia that work to keep us held down and not moving forward—the obstacles before us are much less powerful than the power of God, who came to live in us and through us.  So don’t let “stupid is” keep you from working toward “stupid does.”

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.  For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

                                                                                                                                                Ephesians 2:8-10