Slow down and lean in
It's not wrong to feel. When things are painful, it's okay to show it. Band aid on brokenness can get messy. It is fine to lament whilst you're praying. It can be both and not either or. You can be courageous though unsure. Remember a life of emotion isn't a sentence of blues. Be vulnerable to own what's true. The tears, the joy, you grow through it. What have you learned? What can you take from your heart being churned? How does that serves your new direction, and where would you land? You're never forsaken, even when you're mistaken. Slow down and lean in on how you feel. Then go again, having known the walk you've been shown. Don't stop growing and let your authentic life be what is showing. // I find myself grieving for days with the spirit. Ended some nights in tears and prayers, overwhelmed by the stories I heard in this time of war. I see their faces in my mind. Children, mothers, soldiers, my friends and sisters. ...