Cry in the rain

Sometime in order to grow beyond our hurts we have to first acknowledge and honor them. 

Sometimes to move on from our disappointments we have to first name them.

Sometimes the route to becoming free from the darkness is to embrace it. 

Sometimes to find our way out of the depths of our grief we have to plunge right into it. 

It’s ok to linger in hard moments, to take them in and allow them to wash over us. 

It’s in grieving that we give honor to our losses. 

Grief has its own language and it deserves to be spoken freely.  

When we sit face to face with Jesus we are met with arms wide open, ready to take us in. 

It's ok to cry out to Jesus. 

Mourn your losses. 

Let out the pain. 

Pause in the ache. 

Whale in the rain. 

God went to the depths of the cross just to be with us.

It’s ok to give yourself permission to unravel.

Jesus grappled in the garden of gethsemane.

Reel from the injustices in your life. 

You don’t have to move on until you're ready. 

We can revisit the heartaches as often as we need. 

Suffering isn’t a weakness.

Suffering can be an avenue to be one with Jesus. 

Asking God to enter into our brokenness doesn’t mean we won’t be broken, it means we won’t ever be alone in our brokenness. 

Make room for questions and embrace the ache of our fears. 

Facing our battles can make way for new hopes and dreams to grow up wild. 

 

It’s ok to crumble, it’s ok to face the depths without hinder. 

Sometimes we have to revisit, and that's more than ok. 

Grief has its own language, it’s own rhythm and rhyme.

We must face our sorrows, just as we embrace our strengths. 

Stuffing our pain down inside doesn’t make it go away.

Denying its existence threatens to snuff out life and make us bitter. 

Sometimes I feel like I’m in a constant revolving door moving in and out of grief. 

So many losses, so many casualties of the heart, so many unmet dreams. 

It's ok to honor our memories. 

They remind us how far we have come and how much we have grown.

Laying down our wants and unmet expectations we can lean into Jesus. 

He'll lean right back. 

Get angry, get mad, scream and cry and let it all out. 

Do whatever you need to to overcome your battles. 

Don’t bury the darkness, let it all out. 

That's how we find the Light. 

Each time you face your pain it becomes a little less heavy and not quite as impactful. 

Face the truth and then let it go. 

It will come and go and let that be. 

We are worth the time and effort to become healed.  

Allowing ourselves space to feel what we feel enables us to move into healthier patterns of thinking.

It gently guides us towards truer versions of who we are and who we want to be.

Open your heart wide open to Jesus, He’s never let us down. 

He’s a firm foundation.

He’s a soft landing when we fall to the ground. 

We are going to make it through.

Joy in the pain, beauty in the ashes.

It’s in the breaking and the shaping that we are made new.