To a sweet soul returning with a heavy heart tonight… welcome back. ❤ 🫂
I think there are more people quietly carrying invisible grief, than most of us realize. Sometimes life takes us into places so painful and lonely that we disappear for a while, just trying to survive it emotionally. Five months can feel like a lifetime when your heart has been fighting battles nobody else could see. I know because I've been there done that and recently. I hear you clearly. I'm listening.
But I want you to know something important: the fact that you are still here, still searching, still hoping, still believing in love and peace after everything you’ve walked through, says there is still light alive inside of you, no matter how exhausted you feel right now.
Healing is rarely loud or dramatic. Sometimes healing looks exactly like this: coming back, taking one small breath,writing one honest post, and daring to let yourself be seen again.
There is nothing weak about needing time away to process pain. Some wounds force us inward, before we can slowly find our way back to people again. And when you've carried heartbreak, disappointment, rejection, loneliness, or emotional exhaustion for a long time, it changes you deeply. You begin questioning yourself, questioning life, and sometimes even questioning whether anyone could truly understand what you've been carrying. I, for one, do. I want you to know that. I can feel your pain. I've lived it and come out the other side like you are going to.
Please don’t be ashamed of your tenderness. The world has enough coldness already. The fact that your heart still longs for connection and understanding, means it did not become bitter through your suffering. That matters more than you know. And for what it’s worth… I believe some of the kindest and deepest people are often the ones who have suffered silently the longest.
So tonight, don’t pressure yourself to explain everything. You do not owe the world your entire story before you are ready. Sometimes it is enough just to say:
“I’m hurting.”
“I’m healing.”
“I’m trying.”
“I came back.”
And that is already brave. And you are enough, just the way you are right now. Just as you are right now. I'm here if you ever need to talk. I'm so glad you came back.
This too, shall pass. ♥🫂
HANG IT ON THE CROSS
If you have a secret sorrow,
a burden or a loss,
An aching need for healing...
Hang It On The Cross.
If worry steals your sleep and makes you turn and toss,
If your heart is feeling heavy...
Hang It On The Cross.
Every obstacle to faith, or doubt you come across,
Every prayer unanswered...
Hang It On The Cross.
For Christ has borne our brokenness
and dearly paid the cost
To turn our trials to triumph, so...
Hang On The Cross
