Others have it worse?

“Others have it worse.”

How many times have I whispered those words to myself like a reprimand?

Like a leash, yanking my pain into submission.

As if suffering comes with a scale, and mine is too small to matter.

Maybe someone does have it worse.

But why do I believe that disqualifies me from needing comfort?

Why do I shrink my ache just because it doesn’t scream as loud as someone else’s?

Today, I woke up in a world I’ve never faced before.

This day is uncharted territory—new air to breathe, new shadows to navigate.

And while others may be fighting battles that would crush me,

this still feels heavy. To me.

And maybe that’s reason enough.

Jesus has never asked me to grade my grief on a curve.

He’s never said, “Come to me, all who are the most weary.”

He just said, Come.

He knew this day was coming.

He saw it from eternity—this moment, these tears. And He didn’t wait for me to earn His attention by hitting rock bottom.

He knelt beside me the moment my heart sighed.

The Word says He groans with groanings too deep for words.

Not just for tragedies that make headlines.

Not just for horrors too great to speak.

But for me.

Here.

Now.

Even if I feel guilty for struggling.

Even if someone else “has it worse.”

Even if the pain is quiet.

He groans with me.

And He does not compare.

What kind of love is this?

A Savior who doesn’t measure my wounds before choosing to enter them.

A God who doesn’t say, “Toughen up,” but instead says, “I’m with you.”

A King who doesn’t shame my sorrow, but sanctifies it by joining me in it.

Jesus is enough for this pain.

This tear.

This breath that feels too hard to take.

He is enough—whether my heart is breaking in silence or sobbing aloud.

So I won’t silence my ache today.

I will not wait until my suffering feels “severe enough.”

I will bring it all to the One who groans with me.

Because He is not counting tears to see who deserves Him most.

He is near.

To the crushed in spirit.

To the quietly breaking.

To me.

And He will be enough.