The Broken Strong

There is a kind of hurt that doesn’t come from what someone did to you. It comes from what they didn’t do. They didn’t call. They didn’t show up. They didn’t check on you. They didn’t remember. And after a while, that same feeling can creep into your relationship with God, causing you to feel forgotten by God. You keep praying, you keep trying, you keep holding on, and it starts to feel like heaven is quiet and your life is being overlooked. Feeling forgotten is different th

There are moments in life when you don’t feel strong, you feel stuck. You don’t feel rebellious, you feel overwhelmed. You aren’t trying to be dramatic, you just genuinely don’t know what to do next. You’ve thought it through a hundred times, you’ve prayed in circles, you’ve asked people, you’ve replayed it all, and you still feel like you’re standing at a fork in the road with no clear sign. That kind of uncertainty can wear you down, because it doesn’t just affect your choi

Shame doesn’t always sound like shame. Sometimes it sounds like honesty. It tells you, “After what you’ve done, you don’t deserve to be close to God.” It tells you, “You’ve had too many chances.” It tells you, “You should know better by now.” And if you listen to it long enough, you stop running to God for help and start hiding from Him like you’re a problem He’s tired of dealing with. That’s what shame does. It doesn’t just make you feel bad. It makes you feel disqualified f