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

Joel 2:12-13 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.

We all have things in our life we need to let go of. How does this happen? How do we trust the process? Seeking Him first. The answers are all within Him. We are so distracted by all the voices and miss the voice we need to hear. Now, more than ever, we are bombarded with many notifications that demand our attention. We can take control of this. It takes being intentional.

How do we heal from what we won’t feel?

Allowing ourselves, with compassion, is the first step.

Our great and loving Father looks on us with great compassion. He wants us all healed and to move forward in life. Trusting Him with our steps towards healing and seeing the beauty in front of us.

“Progress always involves risks. You cannot steal second base with your foot on first.” – Frederick B. Wilcox

What are the risks? We can be so comfortable in our places of sadness and despair. It takes grit to move forward. Each step we take takes intentionality. We risk the feeling of discomfort and stretching. We take our eyes off of ourselves and look to the future with hope. Hope for healing and peace in the situation that needs comfort. We see breakthroughs, even in small chunks, that keep us moving, one step at a time. We cannot grow if we are not moving.

Isaiah 41:10 Do not be afraid – I am with you! I am your God – let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.

I challenge us to feel the emotions and bring them to our Great Comforter. He is kind and compassionate, slow to anger. He is merciful and kind.

Trust the process! I am here cheering you on!

We are in this together.