I used to think being strong meant always pouring.

Always being available.

Always being supportive.

Always showing up with a smile.

But somewhere along the way, I realized…

I was pouring from a cup that was almost empty.

And I wasn’t cheerful.

I was tired.

I was stretched.

I was quietly resentful.

And that’s not the kind of giving God calls us to.

God loves a cheerful giver—not an exhausted one.

You cannot reflect the love of Christ if you are spiritually and emotionally depleted.