How To Stand [When You Only Have One Good Foot]

All summer I learned to stand for something. I learned to stand for myself, for my staff family, and for my God. I was taught to overcome obstacles and lean on Christ as my guide. But I had no idea that this school year would require me to stand more in my life than I ever had before.
I've had to stand against opposition and lies and teenage apathy and though it was hard, I overcame it with Christ. But now...now I am learning how to stand in a whole new way. Now, I am not able to stand up on both feet, but I must lean on my friends and family and savior to help me stand. I am learning how to not stand by myself but stand with others. It is challenging on my dignity and my heart but I am learning that with others I am stronger.
This weekend, God is teaching me strength in numbers. Skip said last night, "Em. Alone we are weak, but together we are strong. I will be your legs if you can be my eyes." And together we can efficiently serve for the kingdom.
It has been a challenging past two weeks and honestly was more difficult than I had anticipated. Nevertheless. I am learning that I must have love in my heart and Jesus by my side to stand the way I was taught to stand. Life lately has been a constant metaphor for all of this. I cannot stand without my crutches because I would surely fall. Without Jesus, I would not be able to stand, and I would surely fall short. I must lean on Jesus as my crutch and the Holy Spirit as my head lamp for the road that seemed so unknown and dark this time last week.
I am learning to stop being stubborn and just ask for help. I must not be stubborn in my relationship with Christ. I must ask for his help again and again because I fall short of his grace every day. Yet he has mercy on my soul and loves me all the same. So to address my title: How to stand (when you only have one foot)... I must stand up with Christ. He is the only way that I am able to stand up in this life that often leaves me with only one foot.
Thanks be to God, my everlasting father who is so abundantly able. For "I'm not able on my own"

Here's to challenges, to friends, to crutches. And to my almighty God for helping me stand when I am no longer able.

Hallelujah, amen