Lately God has been convicting me on so much and it's been awesome. Most importantly, He's been teaching me its OKAY to be sad. It's OKAY to be anxious. It's okay to be ANGRY. What matters is how we deal with it.
I've always been a person who feels like a complete and total burden opening up to others. When I was struggling with my anxiety and depression I didn't open up for years. I hid it all inside. That was such a mistake though, I fell apart. I didn't know how to handle anything I was going through. So here's what I believe God and the Bible has to say to Christians about struggles:
1. There is a difference between happiness and joy.
If you're not a Christian, this may not make sense so I'm going to try to explain this to you. Happiness is based on feelings, joy is based on circumstances. I am JOYFUL when I'm sick, when I'm anxious, when I didn't get enough sleep and I didn't get to stop doing Homewrk and working until 2 am in the morning. We have joy because we have a God who loves us and is there for us. I have joy because no matter what God is good. When this world isn't good to me and I'm not good to myself He is still SO GOOD to me.
2. There is strength in weakness.
2 Corinthians 2:9 says, "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me." When I am weak Christ is strong for me. He provides. He holds me in His arms when I cry. When I'm too weak to walk on my own He carries me in His arms. I'm an emotionally vulnerable person to the core. I wear my heart on my sleeve. It sometimes isn't good, but JESUS still loves me and holds me in His arms when others words or my own thoughts stab my heart.
3. We aren't meant to do life on our own.
To Write Love on Her Arms is one of my favorite originizations and one of my favorite quotes by them is "you'll need coffee shops, and sunsets, and road trips. Airplanes and passports. And new songs and old songs. But people more than anything else. You will need other people and you will need to be that other person to someone else, a living, breathing, screaming invitation to believe better things."
God made us to need other people because we can't do life on our own. So it's okay to tell others you're not okay. It's okay to ask others to pray for you. It's okay to open up about your problems.
This is something that's been on my heart and I am working really hard to be able to believe this and act on it. This year along with self-love, I am focusing on being vulnerable because when you're struggle and open up, you have the ability to help others / let them know they're not alone.
God bless,
Anna Nokes
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