Not Alone In the Dark

 Maybe right now you are sitting in the midst of a situation that has absolutely shattered you.

Maybe right now you are feeling deeply alone.

Maybe right now you are desperately sick.

Maybe right now you are in a relationship that has slowly and surely drained all the goodness from you.

Maybe right now you are in a desperate financial situation.

Maybe right now you are exhausted, empty, confused, abandoned.

The list of pain and hurt and woundedness in this world is endless. Each person's pain and grief, trauma and hardship, is their own and it is unique to them.

Is what I want to say to you

If you are feeling like this is just too much, to hard, to dark, to deep, to desperate,

Is that 

yes it is

and also 

it is what it is

You as a human being are stronger than you think you are, AND you are not alone. First of all there is Jesus who loves you unconditionally and who sees you where you are and who hears your cries.

Second of all we are all human and we all hold pain and suffering, you are not an island alone even though it may feel that way, you are not lost, others are out there and they are in pain and suffering as well. We collectively suffer and there is power in that. 

Your pain and suffering, your grief and despair they matter. Your pain is valid. It is important.

You right now in Mexico, in Russia, in Singapore, YOU out there in this vast, beautiful, heartbreaking world, you matter greatly.

I wish the world was not so broken, I wish things were so different. However, here we all are.

We have choices even if they are very limited, in how we think, how we respond, how we grieve, how we forgive, and how we moved forward.

May you go from strength to strength. Is what I mean by that is, even in extreme duress and weakness may you feel a strength rise in you that you know is not your own. When you are exhausted from crying, shaking from trauma, may something/someone bring you comfort, hope, some peace.

You are so valuable, so beautiful, so worthy, so strong.

Don't lose sight of that.

Let this pain, however it can, move through you, let it move you forward towards healing. Reach out to those around you. Comment to me. Know that you are important and your pain matters.

xoxoxoxoxo