Whatever it takes, we have to keep moving forward. Isn’t that what the age-old adage promised?  If you don’t succeed, try, try again.

But what do we do when the weeks turn to months and months to years without release? 

It’s as if to say, finally, at some point our effort and control should get us beyond the obstacle in our way, but the truth is, we don’t have as much power as we would like to believe. 

Tragedy comes close, mental health problems intensify, a pandemic shuts down the world and in an instant, we are reminded…we have limitations. Despite our best efforts, there is no way around our circumstances and we are left wondering: Will it feel like this forever? 

Married with a new baby, today’s guest felt like she was living a completely different life. The roles she had come to identify with had suddenly shifted and now stripped of what had defined her she didn’t know who she was. Where was the girl she once knew?

As the image she created crumbled to the ground she began to see that what she thought she was losing was actually leading her into truly discovering herself. 

That is why I am honored to be joined by Ashley Morgan Jackson on today’s episode of The Mary Marantz Show to talk about her brand new book Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You’re Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten.

Ashley Morgan Jackson is an author, speaker, and social media expert. She works full-time for Proverbs 31 Ministries and has ministered to her own online community for over ten years. She is passionate about women learning to let go of the lie that they have to perform for God’s love and instead realizing that they can receive His love, just as they are. Ashley is a wife of fourteen years to her wonderful husband, Daniel, and a mom to two growing boys. The family lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you asked Ashley what her favorite thing to do is, she would say it’s laughing till it hurts!