Monday we said it: honest sorrow is not unbelief. Today you practice it.
Here's what you need: a timer, paper or a voice memo, and permission to not wrap this up nicely.
Do this:
- Set a timer for 5 minutes.
- Finish these three sentences as many times as you need:
●“If I'm honest, what I'm carrying right now is...”
●“The line I keep saying is ‘I'm fine,’ and what's actually true is...”
●“What I'm afraid will happen if I say this out loud is...”
3. No silver linings. You are telling the truth to the One who already knows. Psalm 62:8 says to pour out your heart before him.
4. When the timer ends, say one sentence to God: “This is what's true. I'm not hiding it from you.”
Close the page.
5.Today you told the truth and sat with the real and raw emotion.
If sitting still is hard: pace, walk, drive, or talk it into a voice memo. The goal is words out of your body, not a perfect journal entry.
Comment “Done” plus one word for the feeling you named: heavy, tired, lonely, scared, angry, ashamed, behind, numb. No need to elaborate, just one word is fine.