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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