You Are Not Alone...

Maybe what you need right now isn’t to have all the answers or to force yourself to be okay. Maybe what you need is just to survive this moment. To take one breath at a time. To be honest about the pain instead of pretending it’s not there.

It’s okay if all you can do is admit, “This hurts more than I can carry.” That honesty is not weakness, it’s courage. You don’t have to fix everything today. You don’t have to see the whole path forward. You just have to make it through this breath, this heartbeat, this small piece of time.

And in that space, know this: you are not alone. Even if you can’t feel God right now, He’s closer than you think. And being real about your pain doesn’t push Him away, it draws Him near.

So let yourself be here, as you are. Not okay, but still breathing. Still here. And that is enough.

- Ellie Mont