There is a delicate balance between our own selfishness and walking in freedom.

There is a fine line between enduring till the end and not becoming a doormat.

There is a beautiful dance between knowing when to walk away and when to stay.

And it takes a mountain of courage to know when the time is right.

The journey is never the same for every person, and each one must not only have the ability to be honest with self,

But more often than not, you also need a coach who can walk alongside you and give guidance.

A coach is not like a loving friend.

A coach is not like a comforting mother.

A coach isn’t like a disciplining father.

And yet, a coach has a bit of all three of these wrapped up in one.

A coach wants the best for you.

A coach won’t drink the Koolaid of how great you are.

A coach can see further than you are right now and can help you get to those next steps to win.

A teacher instills knowledge for growth.

A counselor inputs wisdom for healing.

A coach imparts both along with tactics to spur you to success.

Finding a coach doesn’t seem to fit with the thought of having courage to walk away; yet, if you’ve ever been stuck between staying and going, having a coach makes all the difference in the world!

Moses coached Jethro, and Naomi coached Ruth.

As Christians, why should we be any different?

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do,forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:12-14

But as for you, speak the things which are proper for sound doctrine: that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience; the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. Likewise, exhort the young men to be sober-minded, in all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showingintegrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.

Titus 2:1-8