Are you struggling precious one?

Is the situation you are in right now almost too much to bear?

I’ve been there too.

In the dark valley.

It’s that place where you cannot see what good may come, where each step forwards feels like ten leaps backward. It’s where you want to give up the fight and just disappear…

You feel all alone…

Like you’re not going to make it…

 Yes, I know that place, and yes you can walk through it.

So hold on princess.

Just hold on.

Walk it out a little longer because the pain you are feeling, the loneliness that lingers will fade as you allow God to invade your heart and life.

It doesn't happen straight away.

An altar call most likely won't fix it.

It's a journey.

As you allow God to live in and through the pain, you realize you are not alone. You realize that even though you cannot see God or feel Him near, He is sitting in that dark cave with you.

Yes, I can promise He is with you.

Hold fast to hope in the One who created it all, who created you.

Hold onto Him and don’t let go.

How I held on

Holding on means accepting the pain and learning to be comfortable there for a season. Pain isn't a bad thing. It tells us something is broken, hurt or injured and it needs time to heal. Yes, time and sometimes further help.

1. Worship and The Word

For a season of my life that meant sleeping, eating and breathing with worship music surrounding my thoughts, plastering scriptures roof to floor on my bedroom walls, crying myself to sleep many nights through excruciating pain that comes from having lived a very broken life. Not having answers, not knowing how I’d get through each day or if this intense pain would ever fade.

But it did.

And it shaped me.

It prepared me for things God could only release through my life.

I changed my thoughts and deeds because He was working in my life.

I just had to hold onto Him…not my strength, but His…

How enriched are they who find their strength in the Lord;

Within their hearts are the highways of holiness!

Even though their path winds through the dark valley of tears,

They dig deep to find a pleasant pool where others find only pain.

He gives to them a brook of

blessing

filled from the rain of an outpouring.

They grow stronger and stronger

with every step forward

until they find all their strength in you,

and God of all gods will appear before them in Zion.

• Psalm 84:5-7 (The Passion Translation)

 2. Seek Help

You are not alone on this journey. So many people suffer in silence. Please reach out to someone you trust. Reach out to a school counselor, a youth pastor or a helpline 

Having others on the journey will help you take the steps you need to take towards recovery. Don't allow shame or fear to stop you from seeking the help you need. You are too valuable, you truly do matter, and you are worth it.

Will I ever stop hurting?

Yes, I did come through the pain.

Yes, it still hurts sometimes.

But not like before…nothing like before…

On the other side of the unbearable pain is freedom, life, blessing, joy, fun, sadness, future, dreams, hope, tears, wins, failures, ups, and downs. This is the rollercoaster of life and all of these emotions, moments, journeys make their way into the fractured parts of your life as you allow God to travel the highways of your heart.

God is still at work healing and restoring my heart and mind, becoming my daily strength, and He wants the same for you.

Just hold on.

You’re gonna make it.

 

"The Sun Is Rising"

Britt Nicole

 

When life has cut too deep and left you hurting

The future you had hoped for is now burning

And the dreams you held so tight lost their meaning

And you don't know if you'll ever find the healing

 

You're gonna make it

You're gonna make it

And the night can only last for so long

 

Whatever you're facing

If your heart is breaking

There's a promise for the ones who just hold on

Lift up your eyes and see

The sun is rising

 

The sun is rising

 

Every high and every low you're gonna go through

You don't have to be afraid I am with you

In the moments you're so weak you feel like stopping

Let the hope you have light the road you're walking

 

You're gonna make it

You're gonna make it

The night can only last for so long

 

Whatever you're facing

If your heart is breaking

There's a promise for the ones who just hold on

Lift up your eyes and see

The sun is rising

 

Even when you can't imagine how

How you're ever gonna find your way out

Even when you're drowning in your doubt

Just look beyond the clouds

 

Just look beyond the clouds

 

Whatever you're facing

If your heart is breaking

There's a promise for the ones who just hold on

Lift up your eyes and see

The sun is rising

 

The sun is rising

 

Even when you can't imagine how

How you're ever gonna find your way out

Even when you're drowning in your doubt

Just look beyond the clouds

 

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