Ever been in a situation where your progress is just pathetic? Where you're horribly outmatched? Where it's all so vastly overwhelming and pointless? Maybe a relationship that tanked and building a new life just seems impossible?
When the remnant Jews saw the foundation of Zerubbabel's temple, they wept. It was pathetic. It was nothing like the glory of the first temple. How could the possibly build again? Yet God said, "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit...Who dares despise the day of small things?"
When you're recovering and the work seems insurmountable to even get back to where you used to be, remember not to despise the small things. Keep placing one stone at a time, and realize that it's not by your might, nor your power, but God's Spirit, which has the power to create a universe and more.
"For the entire Law is fulfilled in in this one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."—Gal 5:14