Hey, -

Ten years ago next Sunday, on March 22, we were evicted.

Even writing that sentence still feels strange sometimes.

At the time, it felt like everything had collapsed at once.

I remember the pressure most clearly.

Pressure to fix everything.

Pressure to prove we would recover quickly.

Pressure to make sure no one saw how unstable things felt.

Back then, I believed something that many of us quietly believe.

If I just worked harder, pushed harder, controlled more, everything would turn around.

But that pressure didn’t lead me to peace.

It led me to exhaustion.

Looking back now, I can see something I couldn’t see then.

The eviction didn’t just expose our financial situation.

It exposed my relationship with “enough.”

Enough money.

Enough stability.

Enough security.

For years, I believed that once we had enough of those things, I would finally feel settled.

But contentment works differently.

Contentment didn’t come when everything improved.

It began when I stopped trying to force my life into stability and started practicing trust in small decisions.

Sometimes that meant not buying the thing that promised relief.

Sometimes it meant admitting I felt afraid.

Sometimes it meant letting growth happen slower than I wanted.

Ten years later, my life looks very different.

But the most important change wasn’t external.

It was internal.

Contentment became something I practiced daily.

Not perfectly.

But intentionally.

And that practice has shaped every part of my life since.

If this season feels uncertain or heavy for you, I want you to know something.

The hardest seasons often become the ones that teach us the most about enough. Remember this verse, Lamentations 3:22, 23 NKJV.

Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,

Because His compassions fail not.

They are new every morning;

Great is Your faithfulness.

Chat soon,

Makeda

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