I am someone who gets very nervous very easily. Especially when it comes to something I care a lot about. Sometimes I think it is a blessing to be so in-tune with my emotions, but when you feel everything so deeply, it sometimes gets to a point where it can be overbearing. God gifted me with a body and mind that processes a lot of things all the time, and lately, it has been a constant heartbreaking feeling. A sense of hopelessness. I’ve found myself going away into prayer and never feeling that, “I feel much better than I did before I prayed about it.” Actually, there’s been a few times where I have been left thinking, “God, are you even listening? Do my prayers even matter at this point? Is anything ever going to change? Why can I still not go a day without physically hurting from what has happened? When will it stop hurting? Why is nothing changing?” 

If I’m being completely honest, it’s been hard to get past that feeling at this point. I feel like everyday I wake up and it’s just another day of repetition and my heart and chest physically hurting me. I struggle to keep my food down, because of anxiety and never ending thoughts of just a reoccurring hurt. How am I supposed to get past this? Lord, how can I heal these wounds that are so deeply made into my heart? 

The thing about all of these things I’ve been talking about, like Christ not hearing my prayers, that things will never get better, and the feeling that my heartbreak and pain is too much for me to bear. These things are simply not rooted in Truth. When our thoughts begin to spiral and we lose control, its important to remember the things we do know are true, because most of the time, our thoughts go off the rails when we begin thinking of the “Ifs”, “Maybes” and “Whys.” The things we don’t know for sure, but if we focus on what we do know to be true, we can combat these uncertainties with the Truth of who Christ is. 

As Colossians 3:2 says, “Set your minds on things that are above, not things that are on earth.” 

So that is exactly what we should do if our minds start to wander into hurtful places that the enemy is attacking us with. So for my sake, as for yours possibly, if you need this reminder as much as I do. Here is a list of things I KNOW are true about Christ and myself and you.

Things about Christ that are true:

• God is good. 
• God is sovereign. 
• God is just, He will make things right in His timing. 
• God is kind.
• God is so incredibly patient with us. 
• God is faithful. Even if it seems bleak right now, Christ is still for us and will never forsake us.
• God loves us more than we can even imagine. 

Things about myself and you that are true: 

• We are Children of God. 
• We are made new in His Image. 
• We are loved. 
• Our bodies are temples unto Christ. 

The world may try and tell us we are not worth anything and that it will never get better. But when we look to the Cross and we look up to Heaven, we can still see all of His goodness and glory all over again. Sometimes we just need a reminder, and that’s okay. It’s easy to get lost, but He leaves the 99 for the 1. We know who He is, so we can rest in knowing the character of Christ. 

Leave whatever is heavy on your heart at the foot of the Cross and don’t pick it back up, Christ has you and He will never fail you.