Choosing Faith Despite What You’re Feeling
If grief or suffering has left you feeling separated from God, please know it doesn’t mean God is actually far away. It doesn’t mean something is wrong with you, or that He’s turning his back on you!
As long as we live on this Earth, suffering will happen. Deep, unbearable pain will hit—probably multiple times—in every person’s lifetime.
Some of those times the supernatural, all-consuming peace of God will wash over us in ways more tangible than words can explain. I promise that is real—I have experienced it multiple times in my life even if it wasn’t what I felt in that season. It’s not just some nice thought that Christians use to make each other feel better. It is a true peace that brings more stillness and comfort to my soul than any other comfort I’ve known.
But, sometimes God leads us through seasons where His presence is less emotionally and physically tangible in order to strengthen us and mature our faith in ways we might not otherwise experience if He always “felt” close.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found these spiritually colder seasons require much more intentionality from my faith.
Choosing to place my hope in Christ when the pain of grief far outweighs all the cliché things well-meaning Christians say…
Choosing to rest in God’s sovereignty when I feel anxiety wreaking havoc on my body and mind…
Choosing to trust Him when my heart tells me it’s too dangerous…
Choosing to love Him when my wounds tell me to build walls…
Choosing to never give up when the enemy whispers that hope is pointless…
Choosing to believe God’s here with me even when the enemy tells me God has turned his back on me…
Choosing to lean into Christ’s love even when I can’t feel Him nearby…
