HARD DAY! I give you permission to cry.

Dear Friend:

Ever have something in your life that you were told was going to happen, but years go by and it doesn't? The thing that is going to change your life. But another year goes by and it doesn't happen. You made it another year. You sigh with relief saying "It didn't happen, Yeah"!
Until...
You wake up one day and today is the day. Things are set in motion and this thing you thought would never happen is going to happen. I hope you are following me. Well that happened to me.
Others around you are saying. Eventually you knew this was going to happen, what's the big deal? Get over it.

I'm trying.  I have been praying to accept it, trust God with it but I still have human emotions. Don't you!

Here's what a friend reminded me about in John 11:32-37

"When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
Jesus wept.
 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”

JESUS IS ALL KNOWING. He knew that Lazarus was going to die. When it happened he wept. He felt the pain of others and the sorrow that they had to go through. He knew Lazarus was not going to stay dead. But yet he still wept with his loved ones.

Remember today that others may not be able to understand your sorrow or pain. BUT JESUS DOES! In fact he created emotions. Cry on His shoulder as long as you want. Go ahead, it is okay. I say go for the cry and be real. It is okay to feel bad, hurt, angry, betrayed  lonely etc. 

If you are like me being surprised today, give yourself a break. Don't be so hard on yourself.

If you are the person telling the other person get over it. Can you be a little more gentle? Give the person a hug. They will get over it in time. But a hug sure helps the process. It helps them feel like you care.

 
Prayer:  Father in heaven help me to accept this change. Help me to trust You with it. Help me to see your perspective. Lord heal my emotions. In Jesus' name. Amen.