We as women have this determination inside us, it’s a beautiful thing really. When we set out to do something, when we are passionate about something, we give it our all. We aren’t likely to give up. We aren’t very quick to say no. There is something inside of us women that just doesn’t want to give up, something that refuses to back down easily. When we are committed in our hearts to do something we press on, we do, we try, and we keep on going never looking back. It’s an inner strength found in women and it truly is remarkable.

But there is something else about this determination that we don’t always realize. We as women are really good at trying to take the world upon our shoulders and keep on trucking through with that incredible determination inside of us. We think we are strong. We think we are unbreakable. We think we can fix everything. Those are special qualities God gave to women, strength, determination, the desire to hold things together around us. But there comes a time that we realize that if we keep trucking along and not looking back it’s only a matter of time before we can’t carry the load we’ve picked up. We start to carry too much on our shoulders that we start to get buried beneath it all.

God gave women this determination for a reason. He didn’t give us this so that we could one day realize we have taken on too much and now we are buried and struggling to breathe. He gave us this determination so that we could take that determination, place it in His hands, and see what He could do with a life that possesses this kind of strength. These qualities of strength, they are present in our lives for a reason. God has created women to be a special strength within her family. A nurturer that guides the lives around her. A fighter who refuses to give up on what she really cares about. God gave women these qualities so that we could take that inner determination, pair it with the strength that only God can give, and see what He can do in and through us.

Sometimes we pick up more than we can handle. Sometimes we think we are strong enough to take on the world. Sometimes we forget who placed these qualities in us is the same person we need to give us the strength to possess them. Sometimes our determination causes us to forget to look to the One who is the propelling force behind all that we do. Sometime we need to take a moment and realize that we can’t do it all, and that’s okay. At the end of the day, what’s left undone is undone and that’s okay. God’s mercies are new every morning. His strength is there to greet us every day. He made us like this so that we would lean and depend on Him to be our strength, and so that we would accept His grace day after day.

So today, press into Him. Remember that force within you was planted there by Him. Do what you can today, and leave what you can’t until tomorrow. Embrace His strength. Accept His grace.