Your wounds may heal someone else

“You may feel pressured to push down your pain with praise, because that's what "good Christians" do. But lament enables you to engage the Lord-to weep, to wrestle, to worship- even when praise feels far away.”

So many of the Psalms are written from pain.

Not mirth, but mourning.

They’re written from the dust, not the mountain top.  Yet they are what was sung in the temple. They were songs of worship, even though they came forth out of heart break.

And generations that followed, even now, still sing those songs that came from broken souls.

You don’t have to pretend it’s okay.

You don’t have to force a smile.

Brokenness can be beautiful too, if you allow it to become worship.

The songs that are given to you through the night, may be worship hymns that the generations who follow you, cling to. Your wounds may be what heals someone else.

You don’t have to be okay today.

God can use you in every season.

Even the seasons of ashes and dust.🤍