Celebrate Your Small Wins

ForevaBlack family, I truly believe in celebrating your small wins just as much your big wins! A win is a win in my eyes, no win is too big or too small to be celebrated. Life can be so challenging all the time; we take a lot of losses at times so when we win even the minor things it helps us feel good and makes us hopeful. I wanted this to be a topic because I know a lot of people are usually only happy and celebrating their big wins... but don’t you know your little ones are just as important?  

Celebrating our small wins can even help our mental health, and here are some reasons how: small wins can help boost our confidence and motivation... when we win, especially when they are small; it causes us to be confident in achieving our big wins. It reinforces that belief that we are capable. In the Bible, Zechariah 4:10 tells us “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin.” God even acknowledges our small step, and he recognizes that there is beauty in it. Also, celebrating small wins can reduce our stress and anxiety; sometimes, when we are so focused on that huge win... it causes stress, because we want it to be perfect and we begin to have feelings of failure. Another reason celebrating our small wins can help our mental health is because it encourages a growth mindset, we will focus on our progress rather than the “perfection” of it. Always remember that it is about the journey, and not the destination. Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” This scripture is just showing us, we’re doing good and showing faithfulness in our small wins and we’re planting beautiful seeds... eventually, we will have a beautiful harvest if we just keep at what we are doing.  

Some ways you can help celebrate your small wins, while building up a strong mental... start thanking God for the progress, for the journey and help him allow you to see the beauty in all things. Start journaling and marking down every little step you take; track your progress, so you can look back on those moments and see how far you have come.  

I want to end it off by saying that I am so proud of each of you. Celebrate yourself, and don’t wait on others to do it for or with you. You've come so far, we’re about to be in the second month of 2025 and honestly us making it to this point is a small win so celebrate that! Every step forward counts, God sees your progress and He even celebrates with you! I love you all, and we will talk again next Thursday! 

Scriptures:  

• Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Every small victory is a step toward God’s bigger plan for you.) 

• Luke 16:10 “Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much...” (Show faithfulness in your small wins, and God can trust you with the BIG one!) 

• Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” (Know that even your small accomplish can glorify God, God isn’t asking us to do it big all the time.)