Painkillers and Band-Aids: Because Some Fixes Don't Fix Anything

When life hurts, where do you turn?

Food. Busyness. Social media. Serial dating. Avoiding the hard things. We all have our "fix"- something that helps numb the pain, distract us from reality, or make us feel better for a moment.

But what happens when the fix isn't fixing anything?

In this heartfelt and honest episode of It's a Single Mom Thing, Sherry explores the difference between temporary relief and lasting healing. Building on last week's episode, Healing Is an Assignment, she dives into the coping mechanisms we often reach for when life feels overwhelming and asks a powerful question:

Can I trust God with the places I've been trying to manage myself?

Through personal reflections, practical insights, and biblical encouragement, you'll discover why some fixes quietly become substitutes for God, why healing requires surrender, and how true freedom begins when we stop managing our pain and allow God to transform it.

If you've ever found yourself running back to old patterns, struggling to let go, or wondering why healing feels so hard, this episode is for you.

Because painkillers have a purpose.

Band-aids have a purpose.

But eventually the wound has to be cleaned if it's going to heal.

You want God's best? Forget the rest. Let Him fix your fix.

Resources Mentioned:
📞 24-Hour Prayer Line: 855-822-PRAY (7729)
💻 Shepherd's Village University: SV-University.org
🏡 Shepherd's Village Resources, Blogs, Podcasts & Classes: ShepherdsVillage.com

Transcript

Welcome And The ER Picture

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Welcome to It's a Single Mom Thing, the show for single moms by single moms. This is Sherry, your host, and I am happy you are here today. Remember, it's a single mom thing, and not the single thing that stops you.

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Welcome back to another episode of It's a Single Mom Thing with your girl Sherry. What's up, girls? So today we are talking about painkillers and band-aids. Yup, painkillers and band-aids. Who knew that's how we were gonna start out our day today? Now, before you start wondering if I've switched from podcast host to pharmacist, you need to stay with me. I want you to imagine for a moment that you walked into the emergency room with a broken arm. The doctor hands you two aspirin and a band-aid. Now, my guess is you probably think, well, that's not going to fix anything, Doc. The painkiller? Eh, it might help you feel better for a little while. The band-aid might cover up something, I don't know what. But neither one addresses the break. And that's where we are headed today. Because sometimes what we do with our lives isn't much different, right? When life hurts, what do we do? We reach for a fix. Not necessarily because we're weak, not because we're bad, not because we don't love God, but because we are human. We reach for whatever helps the pain, right? Whatever helps the pain stop hurting for just a little while. Whether it's food, shopping, busyness, avoiding, scrolling, serial dating, another relationship, another distraction, another project, another reason not to deal with what's really going on. Sometimes, girls, we even create a version of ourselves online that looks healthier, happier, stronger, and more healed than we actually feel. Am I right? And then, before long, we have become experts at managing pain instead of healing it. Now, before

Pain Management Versus Real Healing

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we go any further, some of y'all may be thinking, well, Sherry, why the heck are we spending so much time talking about healing lately? Fair question. Last week we talked about, for an hour, my longest podcast ever called Healing is an Assignment. We've talked about moving from problems to promises. We've talked about trusting that where God guides, He provides. Why keep coming back here, Sherry? Well, I'm so glad you asked because I got an answer for you. And this is it. Because I think it's time for us to get serious. Not serious, now listen to me, not serious in a heavy way, but serious in a freedom way. Serious in a future way. Serious in a in a I don't want to keep living the same year over and over again kind of way. Who's with me? So I'm gonna say this gently. The life you know, it may be painful. And also the life you don't know, mm, that may be painful too. The difference though, however, and I have learned this, the difference is one pain keeps you stuck and the other helps you grow. Healing, well, it hurts. Forgiveness hurts, boundaries hurts, change hurts, living hurts, but staying the same hurts too. One pain leads to freedom and the other leads to frustration. Now, I'm gonna say this. If you're listening today, I want to tell you something. You are already doing the work. You showed up, you press play, you care enough about yourself, your future, and your family to seek something different. And you need to give yourself a little hand clap because listen, that matters. You want God's best, forget the rest. I know that about you. And this podcast, this is a safe place. There's no pretending there are definitely no perfect people here, and there is no judgment, just a bunch of us women trying to figure out how to stop reaching for temporary fixes and start experiencing lasting freedom. And don't think for a moment that because I'm behind this microphone, that I have arrived. Girl, please, I have got my own work like every day. God is still showing me things, still healing things, still stretching things, still asking me to trade temporary relief for lasting transformation. So today, girls, I want to ask you a simple question. What's your fix? Because some fixes don't fix anything. What's your fix? So this is our first section. So let's talk about that. Let's start with that question of

The Two Pains That Choose You

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what's your fix. And I'm not talking about not your coffee, not your favorite snack, not the thing you tell everyone else, blah, blah, blah. I'm talking about, listen, the thing you reach for when life hurts. The thing you run to when you're lonely, the thing you lean on when you are stressed out, hot, mess express. The thing you use when disappointment shows up uninvited. Because whether we realize it or not, we all, all of us, have a fix. Some fixes are obvious, some are hidden in plain sight. And here's what I've learned: not all fixes look like problems. Sometimes the fix it isn't alcohol, sometimes it's avoiding, avoiding the conversation, avoiding the decision, avoiding the grief, avoiding the doctor's appointment, avoiding the counseling appointment, avoiding the hard truth. You already know God has been nudging you to face. We tell ourselves things like we're waiting on the right time. But sometimes we are simply delaying what needs dealing with. Avoidance doesn't make the problem disappear, it just postpones the healing. Sometimes, my friends, the fix could be busyness. We stay busy because if we're busy enough, we don't have time to think, we don't have time to feel, we don't have time to process. Our calendars become crowded while our hearts remain cluttered. How about sometimes the fix is serving everyone else? Now, don't get me wrong, serving people is a beautiful thing and something God has called us to do. But some of us sisters are so busy helping everybody else that we never stop long enough to ask ourselves, well, how the heck are we doing today? We become experts at carrying other people's burdens while quietly, listen to me, quietly dragging our our burdens behind us. And then sometimes there's the fix that is called serial dating. Now listen, you know I am not against relationships. God created us for connection. However, every relationship can become a rescue mission, a distraction, or shortcut around loneliness. Then maybe then we're looking for something else to fix. Something only healing can fix. Oof, and I know that stings. If every new relationship starts with, oh, this one, oh my gosh, it's gonna be so different. But somehow ends up in the same place, it might be time to ask a deeper question. What am I really looking for, anyways? Am I looking for validation, security, worth, comfort? Because what we're searching for, I have found in someone else may actually be pointing us towards something God wants to heal within us. And can we talk about social media for a minute here? Okay, sometimes social media, well, that becomes

What’s Your Fix Really

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a fix too. Not because posting's wrong, not because sharing your life is wrong, but because we start creating a version of ourselves that looks way better than the one we're living. We post the smile, we hide the struggle, we share the highlight reel, and we bury the healing journey. And before long, we're spending more energy looking around and looking around, looking okay than becoming okay. And that's not okay. There's a difference between living your best life and marketing it. Sometimes social media isn't where we share our lives, sometimes it's where we hide them. And here's the thing none of these fix the none of these fixes are necessarily bad. Okay, I'm not saying that. Painkillers, they aren't bad. Band-aids aren't bad. They serve a purpose, right? The problem comes in when we mistake temporary relief for healing, when we start managing pain instead of addressing it, when we spend years covering a wound that God is inviting us to heal. So let me ask you again, what's your fix? What do you reach for when life hurts? What do you run to when fear shows up? What do you use to quiet the discomfort? Because your answer might reveal, ladies, the very place God wants to begin his deepest work. And listen, this is not meant to shame you. Honestly, what I'm trying to do, this is meant to free you. Because you can't fix what you found. Listen to me. Try that again. Take two. Because you can't fix what you won't face. There we go. And sometimes the first step towards healing is simply being honest about the fix. Before we start throwing our fixes under the bus, let's acknowledge something. They work, right? We wouldn't use them, right? But they only work for a little while. Sometimes that's why we keep going back to them. Because, like I've said, a painkiller has purpose, a band-aid has a purpose, and neither one is bad. If you have a pounding headache, a painkiller can help function. If you scrape your knee, a band-aid protects the wound while healing begins. The problem, however, though, isn't the painkiller. The problem isn't the band-aid. The problem comes when we expect them to do a job they were never designed to do. A painkiller, it can reduce the pain, but it can't heal a broken bone. A band-aid can cover up a wound, it can't repair what's underneath, right? And sometimes that's exactly what we do in our own lives, right? We use temporary relief as a substitute for transformation. And I know if you're listening to this podcast, you want transformation. So we use distractions as substitutes for healing. I've done it. Listen, I'm not preaching, I am teaching and preaching to the choir, which is me too. We use distractions as substitutes for healings. We use coping mechanisms as substitutes for growth. And for a while it works, the relationships, well, they make us feel wanted, don't they? The scrolling makes us feel distracted. I get it. The shopping makes us feel better. The busyness makes us feel productive. The avoidance makes us feel safe. Until it doesn't. Because eventually, and you know this, the pain starts talking again, doesn't it? The wound starts leaking again, the loneliness returns, the fear returns, the insecurity returns, the hurt returns. And suddenly we're reaching for a bigger band-aid, a stronger painkiller, another fix. Not even realizing the reason pain keeps returning is because the wound underneath is still asking for attention. So I want to share with you. You know what I've learned? God loves us too much to let us stay numb forever. At some point, he starts gently pulling your attention back to the place we've been trying to avoid. Some of you might be there right now. And he does it not to punish us, not he does it to heal us, to not shame us, but to free us. Because healing doesn't happen when we cover the wound. Healing happens when we uncover it. So let's be honest. That's the part nobody likes, right? I don't like it. I have no problem admitting that. We would all rather skip to the miracle, right? We would all rather skip to the breakthrough. We would all rather go to the victory post on social media. But healing often happens in the middle, in the uncomfortable, in the surrender, in the letting go, in the tears, in the hard conversations, in the prayers that don't get answered overnight. And that's why so many people quit. Not because they don't want healing, because they don't, because they don't want the process. And I get it. Who wants hurt? I mean, who wakes up and says, you know what sounds like fun today? Let's deal with my deepest wounds, said like nobody. But here's what I've discovered in my own journey. The pain of healing and the pain of staying stuck are both painful, right? The difference is one leads somewhere, one pain keeps you circling the same mountain. The other leads you to freedom, and maybe that's where you find yourself today. Standing between two pains, the familiar pain you've always known, or the healing pain that leads somewhere new. One offers relief and the other offers transformation. One helps you survive today, the other helps you build a different tomorrow. And I tend to wonder if that's why God keeps inviting us deeper. Not because I think he wants to make our lives harder. On the contrary, I think he wants to make us whole. So I don't know, you might have the same question that I have. So how do we know when a fix has stopped helping and started actually hurting? Because not every fix is bad. Like we've said, we said painkillers have a purpose, band-aids have a purpose, but sometimes the very thing that once helped us survive becomes the thing that keeps us from healing. Sometimes our fixes quietly become substitutes for God. So let's talk about that. So here were the things, here's where things can get a little tricky. As we said, not every fix is bad, but sometimes the fix becomes now the problem. What started as relief now becomes reliance. What started as comfort now becomes captivity. What started as a coping mechanism

When Relief Turns Into Reliance

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becomes a lifestyle. And before we know it, we're not running to the fix because we need it. We're running to it because it's familiar. And now I see this all the time. And if I'm honest, I've seen it in myself too. One of the hardest things to watch is when someone gets close to healing and then runs back to what they've always known. I see moms do it all the time. They start making progress, they start finding their footing, they start discovering who they are. It is so beautiful to watch. They start healing. And then the discomfort of growth shows up. The loneliness shows up. The uncertainty shows up, the waiting shows up. And then suddenly the old fix starts looking pretty good again. Whether it's the old relationship, the old pattern, the old coping mechanism, the old way of thinking. Not because it's healthy, but because it's familiar. And familiar feels safe, right? Even when it isn't. The familiar pain, it is still pain. Now let's read that again. The familiar pain is still pain. Just because you've learned to live with it doesn't mean, though, that it's healthy. Just because you survived it doesn't mean God wants you to stay there. Just because it's comfortable doesn't mean that it's good for you. And I think that's what God has been showing me lately and why it is so pressed on my heart to share with you. Because maybe you can relate. You see, for years I thought I needed a better fix, a better answer, a better circumstance, a better outcome, a better plan. But what I'm learning is that I don't need another fix. I need God to fix my fix. Because the issue was never just the pain. The issue was where I kept running when the pain showed up. And so can I just be honest with you? This isn't coming from someone who has mastered this, not by any means of the imagination. This is coming from a sister who's living it. There are still mornings that begin with tears. There are still questions I wish I had answers to. There are still situations I wish I could change. But something is changing. Me. Honestly, it is. The situation hasn't changed. But I'm changing. I can hear it in my voice. I can see it in my choices. I can feel it in my spirit. The panic isn't as loud anymore. The fear doesn't get the final say. The need to control everything, and this is a big one for me, is slowly giving away, giving way to surrender. And it is such a sweet place to get to. I can promise you that. So the more, this is what I'm finding because the more I surrender, the more peace I find. The more I let go, the more confidence I gain. And it's not confidence in myself. Let's not mistake that. It's confidence in God. Confidence that he is who he says he is. Confidence that his promises are true. Confidence that he brought me to it. Confidence that where God guides, he provides. Oh my gravy. I have spent enough years chasing temporary relief. I'm ready for lasting transformation. I am tired. Tired of managing pain. I want healing. I'm tired of fixing symptoms. I want God to heal the source. I am tired of asking God to change my circumstances while resisting the ways He's trying to change me. And I'm wondering if maybe that's where some of you all are at today, too. Maybe God isn't just trying to get you out of something. Maybe, maybe, just maybe, think about this. He's trying to grow something in you. Maybe he's not withholding. Maybe he's working. Maybe he's preparing. Maybe he's healing. Maybe he is fixing the fix. Because the truth is, God can't heal what we keep hiding. He can't transform what we won't surrender. And freedom, my friends, it begins when we stop asking, how do I make this pain go away? And I get it if you've been asking that. I've done it too. But maybe we should start asking, God, what are you trying to teach me through it? And maybe that's where the trust comes in. Because, and I'm gonna say this, I say this often. If I'm honest, there have been seasons when I couldn't trust, let's say, my emotions, seasons when I couldn't trust my own judgment, seasons when I couldn't trust what other people were saying, seasons when I certainly couldn't trust the situation in front of me. Who's with me? But what if, if you're with me, what if for us, what if healing isn't about trusting yourself? What if it's about trusting the one who's trustworthy? Ooh, now I can get behind that. Let's talk about that. The one who already knows every thought you are already thinking, every fear you're hiding, every wound you've covered with a band-aid, every fix you've been running to. The one who isn't shocked by your struggle. He isn't disappointed by your questions, isn't frustrated by your pace, the one who delights in you, waits for you, pursues you, loves you with a steadfast love. The one who knows exactly how much pain you can carry today, and exactly how much you need to hand over to him. That one. The one who has been more patient with you than you've been with yourself. Because here's what I'm discovering: God isn't asking me to heal myself, he's asking me to surrender myself. And there's a difference. For years, I

Let God Fix Your Fix

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don't know about you if this will relate to anyone, but for me, for years, I kept bringing him my circumstances. God, fix this. God change that. God make this easier. But now it's funny, I'm finding myself praying something totally different. God, fix me. Not because I'm broken beyond repair, but because I'm tired, tired of carrying things you never intended me to carry. It's too heavy. I'm tired of reaching for fixes that leave me empty. I am tired of running back to things that never healed me in the first place. Jesus endured the ultimate pain so we could experience the ultimate freedom. He took the wounds, he carried the burden, he paid the price, he made a way. So why the heck do we keep reaching for temporary fixes when lasting healing is standing right in front of us? I mean, seriously. Why do we keep holding on to things he's asking us to surrender? Why do we keep trying to fix ourselves when the great physician is sitting behind besides us saying, give it to me, girl? Ooh. Maybe today isn't about finding another fix. Maybe today is about finally letting God fix the fix. Before we move on, can we just take a collective deep breath though for a second? Because I know this is heavy. Because if you've been listening and thinking, ouch, girl, that's me. Stop. You're not alone. In fact, let's stop calling it a me thing. Can we call it a we thing? Because we've all done it. We've all reached for things that promised relief but couldn't deliver healing, right? We've all avoided, we have all run, we are all some marathon runners here. We have all covered wounds instead of treating them. We have all looked for comfort in places that couldn't ultimately satisfy. So if you're sitting there feeling convicted, don't confuse conviction though with condemnation, okay? One pushes you away from God and the other one pulls you toward him. And I believe God is pulling us closer today. And listen, hear me. It's not because he's angry, it's not because he's disappointed. It's because, girl, he loves you too much. He loves me too much to leave us where we are. Which brings me to a question I've been asking myself lately. I don't know. Maybe you should ask this too. Not can I fix this? Not can I survive this? Not can I figure this out? But this. And this hit deep. This hits deep. Can I trust God with the places I've been trying to manage myself? Can I trust him with the hurt? Can I trust him with the uncertainty? Can I trust him with the waiting? Can I trust him with the outcome? Can I trust him with the parts of my story that still don't make sense? Because maybe that's the real question underneath all the fixes. Not whether we're strong enough, not whether we're smart enough, not whether we're capable enough, but whether we're willing to trust the one who is, the one who sees the whole picture, the one who knows what we're carrying, the one who knows exactly where healing needs to happen. The one who isn't asking us to perform. He's just simply asking us to surrender. And maybe today that's enough. Maybe today the next step isn't fixing everything. Maybe it's just simply releasing it, handing it over, loosening your grip and saying, God, I trust you with this. Even if your voice shakes, even if tears are running down your face, even if you don't know what happens next, because listen, trust doesn't begin when we have all the answers. Trust begins when we hand over the questions. Oof, I love that. So if we're gonna stop managing pain and start surrendering it, well, what does that actually look like? I don't know because this is what we're gonna go. This is where we're gonna go. I'm actually, let me say that, I'm learning it. So what I'm learning is what does God prescribe when he wants to heal a wound? Let's talk about that because again, in being honest, most of us would love a spiritual painkiller. Am I right? Can I just send up a quick prayer and get an instant breakthrough? How about a miracle by Monday? God, can you do that? Um, that would be great. But healing? It doesn't usually happen that way, does it? You see, because God isn't interested in simply making us feel better. No, He's interested in making us whole. And that process often looks different than we expect. I think God's prescription begins with four things. Not easy things, but healing things. The first is honesty. You can't heal what you won't reveal. It's funny because for years I spent explaining things away, minimizing things, rationalizing things, avoiding things. But healing, where healing actually started, was when I got honest. Honest with God, honest with myself, honest about the hurt, honest about the fear, honest about the fixes. Because listen, pretending we're okay uh doesn't make us okay. It just makes us great actresses. God can't heal the version of us that we're performing, He heals the version of us that's we're willing to surrender. The second prescription that I have found is oof, and this is a hard one, is sitting instead of sprinting. And gosh, I'm a long distance runner. I do not do sitting well at all. But it is where he has had me. Most of us want to run, don't we? We want to run from the feeling, run from the discomfort, run from the waiting, run from the silence, run into someone else's arms, or run back to whatever helped us cope before. Am I right? But sometimes healing happens when we stop running. When we sit with God just long enough to hear what he's trying to tell us. Not what social media says, not what fear says, not what the crowd says, but what God says. Don't we want to hear that? Sometimes the breakthrough isn't in the movement, it's in the stillness and the stillness of his voice. The third prescription, this is important, is community. And can I tell you something? The enemy loves some isolation. Isolation because isolated wounds often become infected wounds. When we pull away from healthy people, healthy counsel, healthy relationships, we become vulnerable to old stinking thinking and some old fixes. That's why I love this community. That's why I love Shepherd's Village. That's why I love this podcast. It's not because I like hearing my voice, trust me. It's because healing was never meant to happen alone. Sometimes, girls, God heals through his word. Sometimes he heals through prayer. Sometimes he heals through the encouragement, the wisdom, and the support of other people walking alongside us. You don't have to do this by yourself. And finally, God's prescription

God’s Four-Part Healing Prescription

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includes surrender. Not once, daily, sometimes hourly, sometimes minute by minute, if I'm honest. Surrender isn't saying, and now let's get this correct. Surrender isn't saying, I give up, I tap out. No. And I think that's why some of us get confused and we don't do it. Sister, surrender is saying, God, I give this to you. The fear, the disappointment, the unanswered questions, the future, the outcome, the hurt, the wound, the fix. I give you the whole thing. Here you go. Because here's what I've learned. The goal isn't to become stronger than your pain, because it will never happen. The goal is to become, oof, and I just realized this this week. The goal is to become more dependent on God than your fixes. I love it because I'm gonna say that again. The goal isn't to become stronger than your pain. The goal is to become more dependent on God that fixes your fixes. That's where freedom lives. Not in having all the answers, not in having everything figured out, not never hurting again. Not in this lifetime. We're gonna hurt. He even tells us that. Freedom comes when you stop caring what God has been asking you to hand over. Freedom comes when you, when I stop managing what God wants to heal. Freedom comes when we stop trying to fix ourselves and start trusting the one who already knows exactly how to put the pieces back together again. And maybe that's your next step today. Not another fix, not another distraction, not another temporary solution. Maybe the next step is simply this. And this is where I have found myself, and maybe this is where you will find yourself too. God, I'm tired. I am tired of carrying this. I am tired of managing this. I am tired of running from this. Would you fix my fix? Would you heal what I've been hiding? Would you teach me to trust you with the places I've been trying to manage myself? Because the God who knows every wound is also the God who knows exactly how to heal it. And he isn't rushing you, he isn't condemning you, he isn't. Listen to me, he is not disappointed in you. Instead, he's inviting you one step, one surrender, one day at a time. So as we close, I got some discharge instructions for you. So I want to leave you with you, I want to leave you with some practical things because maybe you've been listening and thinking, yeah, okay, girl, okay, Sherry, I get this. I see some of my fixes, I see some of my wounds, I know God's working on me. Well, what do I do now? Good. I'm glad you asked. First, remember this healing isn't an event, it's a process. And it's not usually one prayer, one breakthrough, one conversation, one podcast. It's one step at a time. One surrender at a time, one day at a time. And if you're listening today, I want you to know something. You don't have to do this alone. And you've heard me say that before. In fact, you were never meant to. It's a choice if you want to, but you weren't meant to. At Shepherd's Village, listen, we believe community matters because healing happens in relationships. It is Shepherd's Village is for single moms by single moms. So it's not just something we say, it's something that we have lived. So if today's episode stirred something up in you, girl, don't just sit with it. Reach out, talk to someone, ask for prayer, find support. If you need someone to pray with you, you've heard me say it before too. We have a 24-hour prayer line that's available to you at 855-822-Pray. Pray is 7729. If you're looking for online classes and tools to help you continue your healing journey, visit sv-university.org through Shepherd's Village University. We have all kinds of courses that you can start and stop at any time of the day or night. And for additional, we have blogs, podcasts, classes, support resources, and information about Shepherd's Village at ShepherdsVillage.com. Now, if you're local in the Tampa Bay area, join us for one of our Tuesday night life develop life development classes. There we go. There's something powerful about sitting in a room with sisters who understand that life isn't perfect, but healing is possible. It is possible. So today, read a blog, listen to another podcast, join a Bible study, talk to a trusted friend, connect with your local church. Because one of my favorite sayings is this, and you've probably heard it before. I think some people have forgotten that though. That's a topic for another time. And if every one of us is somewhere in the healing process, then every one of us has wounds. Every one of us has places where God is still working. Every one of us has places where we're learning to trust Him more. So don't let shame keep you isolated. Don't let pride keep you silent. Don't let fear convince you that you are the only one struggling. You are not. This, like I said before, is a we thing. So before we go, I want to leave you with the question we've carried throughout this episode. And I want you to ask this. Can I trust God with the places I've been trying to manage myself? Not next year, not when I feel stronger, not when I have all the answers. I'm talking about today. Can I trust him with the hurt? Can I trust him with the fear? Can I trust him with the waiting? Can I trust him with the wound? Can I trust him with the fix? Because here's what I know. And we've said this earlier. Painkillers have purpose, band-aids have a purpose. But eventually the wound has to be cleaned if it's going to be healed. The same is true in our lives. Some fixes help us survive a season, but God didn't create you to simply survive. He created you to thrive and be transformed. So maybe, maybe today, maybe today your next step isn't finding another fix. Maybe it is finally, finally surrendering the one you've been holding on to. Maybe it's saying, God, I'm tired of managing this on my own. God, I am tired of carrying what you never asked me to carry. God, I am tired of running back to things that never healed me. God, would you fix my fix? Because the God who knows every wound is also the God who knows exactly how to heal it. Sister, He sees you, He loves you, and believe it or not, He delights in you. He's patient with you and He is not rushing you. And He is certainly not condemning you. He's inviting you. One step, one surrender, one day at a time. And listen, if today all you can do is take one small step towards Him, you need to

Practical Next Steps And Support

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know that's enough. Because healing isn't about perfection, it's about progress. And progress happens every time we choose trust over control. And I know some days that's hard. Every time we choose surrender over self-reliance. Every time we choose God over another quick fix. So until next time, please carry this with you. Know that you're loved, you are seen, and you are not alone. You want God's best, forget the rest. So, girl, let him fix your fix. Have a wonderful week and remember it's a single mom thing and not the single thing that stops you.

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