Confessions of a Recovering Striver
Whit's Adventures and Blog
Welcome, friend! I'm Whitney Roehl, I'm a recovering Striver. What is a striver?
For me, it was constantly aiming for perfection, relying on my own ambition, strength, and ability. As a Christian, I'd ask God for help but He was my last resort, not my first. Nothing was ever "good enough". I constantly needed to do more, to have more.
I felt empty and exhausted.
When, I finally got to the end of myself, Jesus crashed in with His personable love.
Since then, I've repented of being self-sufficient, constantly striving. Now, I live surrendered. Join me, on this journey.
If you would've asked me 5 years ago, "Whit, do you consider yourself an adventurous person?"
I'd have laughed and said, "Not at all. My husband is, I just tag along."
Today, I actually do consider myself adventurous.
I've climbed to the top of 14,000 foot mountains more than ten different...
Last week, I listened to a teacher of mine, who's on fire for Jesus, share her testimony about leaving the worlds way of doing business to do business the Kingdom way - with Jesus at the center of it all.
As she shared her story, the Holy Spirit convicted me, graciously, of how I kept falling...
