Broken
"...I feel my heart's been broken, I feel like it's become bigger too, as though the brokenness has allowed for a deeper joy and sadness to come in." -S It hit me the other day when a coworker, upon seeing my tears on behalf of loved ones' suffering, said to me, "It'll be okay. You have to be strong for them." Jesus never told me to "be strong" when I'm sad. He said there would be suffering. He said His strength is made perfect in our weakness. The Bible says that "Jesus wept" when his friend died. The Bible says to "weep with those who weep, and rejoice with those who rejoice" and "comfort one another with the comfort that God has given you." The more I think of scriptures, the more I realize God doesn't teach us NOT to feel. In fact, I'm beginning to think He wants me to feel more RICHLY. Nowhere does God tell us to suck it up when we're sad in the face of suffering. We can hold onto ...