My therapist asked, “So, how are you?”
I shrugged. “Okay, I guess. Been mired in the blues all week.”
It’s a simple exchange, but it names something deeper: what it feels like to live with PTSD when the fog settles in and the weight doesn’t lift the way you want it to.
As a Christian, I often want my faith to feel like immediate clarity or relief. But some days it doesn’t. Some days it’s just honesty in the middle of heaviness. As a Christian, I’m conflicted.
But, I’m learning that honesty has a safe place with God.
The Psalms don’t avoid the low places. They give them language. They let the soul speak without editing.
Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Psalms 42:5 NIV
On days like this, faith doesn’t resolve things neatly..
In this season, I’ve found life is about presence.
Not pretending. Not shrinking. Not disappearing. But, showing up and doing today.
It’s about staying with God in the middle of it and saying, “I’m still here.”
Maybe that’s enough for today.
Be salty, stay lit.
Rainer Bantau —The Devotional Guy™
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I have to keep it simple by focusing on what’s in front of me today. It works if I avoid looking in the rearview mirror too often and don’t lean too far over the dash wondering what lies ahead.
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I do agree some days it is hard
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Yes, it is. But, oddly, hard to do sometimes. Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, Eileen.
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Showing up is always a good thing, to just be present in the moment is enough
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Me three!
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Me too. It is a day to day thing.
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😃 🙏 thanks, Rosie. It’s definitely a challenging season. I get mired in the muck sometimes.
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It is enough ~ Rosie
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