Radically Happy

Stop looking for shortcuts.
Ask for the hard things worth doing.

Inspired by Courage to Conquer

MIC Check

Today’s Most Important Challenge is…

• Asking for in prayer
• What I could never obtain on my own
• Or would ruin if I did

Immanuel Approach Memo

Postscript to 2025-07-05 YAM: Nothing But (Covenant 25/25)

I am… walking down a city street.

By myself

I see people
Happy
Sad
Busy
Homeless

I walk on by

I see red.

Something glowing
In an alleyway

Like a hand mirror
With a ruby lens in its center

I pick it up…

I look for Jesus.

I see Him
In the mirror

I see myself
In the mirror

I see myself
In Him

I see Him
In myself

I go outside.

I raise the mirror
And look through it

I see inside people
Their joys and sorrows

I see Jesus
In them

I see myself
In them

It is too much.

This land
Is too full of people
And oppression
Including my own

I can’t function
With this much truth
Shattering my heart

I lower the mirror.

I feel a presence
Beside me

I turn
I see Jesus

His eyes are understanding.

He holds out His hand
I gratefully surrender
The Mirror of Seeing

He says:

“It’s okay
You don’t have to use it
All the time”

He grows stern.

“But
You must never forget
That what it shows you
Is the true reality”

And more gently:

“When reality seems scary
And you feel alone
Or confused
Remember that I have it
Ask…”

“And it shall be given you!”

The End?

Reflection

I feel…

• Humbled
• Overwhelmed
• Connected
• Divined

Scripture

After Ehud died, the Israelites returned to doing evil before the eyes of Yahweh, so he surrendered them to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled from Hazor.
His army commander Sisera established his base in Harosheth of the Gentiles. Jabin had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he ruthlessly oppressed Israel for twenty years.
Then the Israelites, with shattered hearts, cried out to Yahweh for help.‬‬

‭‭Judges‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭TPT