A SECOND WIND (WIN): IT’S TIME TO SOAR!
Hey Fam,
It’s been a minute so let me first start off by saying Happy New Year, Happy Valentine’s Day, Happy Friday and Happy Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LIX Champions’ Celebration Day (lol, yes I said that in one breath)!!!! I am super excited for my home team, Go Philly! Today’s blog post was inspired by our Philadelphia Eagles, the tenacity shown by the team, and the overall love, excitement, and sense of community felt in the city. I remember our 1st Super Bowl win in 2018 against the Patriots and the excitement felt in the city. NOW, here we are again SEVEN years later with a SECOND win! Talk about COMPLETE victory! If that doesn’t inspire you to SOAR like an Eagle, then I don’t know what else to tell you.
Wait, of course there is more. I do have something that I hope will encourage you to SOAR in this season and seasons to come. It takes a special grace to be able to find the courage to spread your wings and fly again, especially when you feel like so much has been working against you, or many have counted you out. Hey you, maybe what you need is a second wind (win)! The right second wind (win) will build your stamina, boost your confidence, give you courage to press, increase your capacity, increase your faith, give you hope and give you supernatural strength to walk out your God-given purpose. A second wind (win) will help you recover and breathe new life in you when you feel like you have lost your breath, and you’re finding it difficult to recover after experiencing blow after blow. A second wind (win) will begin to shift your perspective, and you will no longer view the pressures of the season the same. When you soar and come up higher, you will begin to see the pressures of the season as the catapult into the new.
I am reminded of a familiar scripture found in the book of Isaiah:
“but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” Isaiah 40:31
Can I encourage you not to just settle in this season? I know the pressure of the season may have you in a place where you want to quit, you feel like you can’t quite find your footing or you may feel like the wind has been knocked out of you. However, whatever you do, please don’t settle there! Stay in the race, stay in the game, fight the good fight of faith…believe again. It matters who has your ear in this season. Shoot, it matters who has your ear when you are in your valley experience and when you are at your mountain top. Train yourself to reframe what’s being spoken in this season.
Stop asking me, “Why won’t I just settle?”
Start asking me, “Why aren’t you soaring?”
Let this be your encouragement to SOAR and not SETTLE. God has given you what you need to propel you forward to carry out what He has been birthing within you. He has given you a second wind (win). If you need a reminder, let this be your reminder. Get your focus back, allow God to renew your strength and get ready to SOAR!
Congratulations again to the Philadelphia Eagles!
Talk to you soon,
Ky
