Redefining Strength
True strength isn't carrying everything alone. It's letting others into your burden, building foundations through vulnerability, and leading by showing it's okay to need help.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
"Vulnerability is the only bridge to connection."
—Brené Brown
TODAY’S OBJECTIVES
Daily Vitamin: Foundations need reinforcement
Inspirational Story: Learn what vulnerability actually looks like.
Verse of the Day: Psalm 119:111
DAILY VITAMIN
Foundations need reinforcement.
Concrete becomes unshakable because of what’s mixed into it, not because it stands alone. Your heart grows stronger the same way, through connection and vulnerability.
Pray for wisdom to see strength in asking for help.
Identify one area where you need help.
Release your anxiety to God’s care.
INSPIRATIONAL STORY
Redefining Strength
You’re standing in the garage.
Hand on the doorknob.
Keys already in your pocket.
Inside, your family is waiting.
Dinner’s probably getting cold.
But out here, you can still hold it together.
No one sees the tightness in your chest.
No one has to know about the burdens you’re carrying.
You take a breath. You turn the knob.
That moment, right there, is where strength gets defined.
Strength doesn’t mean carrying everything alone.
Picture a foundation being poured for a house.
The concrete isn’t strong because it stands isolated.
It’s strong because of what’s mixed into it
The very things that make it vulnerable in the mixing process are what make it unshakable when it sets.
Your heart works the same way.
Paul wrote, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2)
Note that he doesn’t say “carry your own burden in silence.”
Or “prove you don’t need anyone.”
But carry each other’s burdens.
That word “carry” isn’t about strength.
It’s about movement.
It’s about letting someone else step into the load with you.
Even when every instinct says to shoulder it alone….
The strongest foundations are built with help.
Here’s what vulnerability actually looks like:
It’s texting your friend and saying, “I’m struggling with something. Can we talk?”
It’s telling your spouse, “I don’t have this figured out yet.”
It’s showing your kids that grown men ask for help, admit mistakes, and sit with hard emotions without running.
Today, reach out to one person.
Tell them one true thing you’ve been carrying alone.
Five minutes. One text. One conversation over coffee.
Not because you’re weak.
Because you’re building something that lasts.
FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
“Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.” (Psalm 119:111)
Devotion: God’s Word is a source of endless joy and guidance. Treasure it as your greatest heritage.
Action: Choose a favorite verse and meditate on it throughout the day.
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This is Episode 11 of Bible in a Year with Jack Graham, inspired by Genesis 18:16–33. 📖
👇🏽Tap the image or the link below to experience the cinematic retelling of Abraham standing before God, pleading for mercy on behalf of a city.