Praise, Pain and Healing
It's been way too long since I've been on here, but a few weeks ago, while crying in church, I felt like I had something I wanted to say. Here's the truth. The last few years have been rough, and I can't even really tell you why. It feels like the emotional equivalent of walking pneumonia or a low grade fever. I wouldn't say it was/is depression because I don't want to flippantly use that word. But I've just been kind of "in it" off and on for the last few years. I don't say that for anything other than context. This hasn't been a debilitating kind of thing, just a struggle that comes and goes, and one of those things that seems to require me to just kind of keep going while I wrestle with not feeling like my usual self. And yes, I thought through visiting with the wonderful counselor I worked with several years ago. And I prayed thoughtfully about what might be the source of this struggle. I am not a trained professional, so I would neve