| I vividly remember the first panic attack I ever had. I was a teenager and thought maybe I was going crazy and panic was the new normal. Luckily, it eventually was given a name and I found out that I wasn’t a terrible Christian for feeling fear. In fact, it seemed that Christ drew closer in the heaviness and instead of being afraid of it and avoiding hard emotions at all costs, I learned to walk through them. It is still a fight, but one I have found to not be entirely hopeless. These past months have tested all of our emotional and mental limits and “Depression Plunged Me Into Darkness. God Met Me There” is a welcome invitation from Juanita Campbell Rasmus to see God in the midst of our ache.
If you’re reading this, you may have walked the road of uncertainty yourself, or perhaps you know someone who is venturing in darkness even now. My hope this week is that you would be able to have compassion and grace for these struggles and know that we don’t journey alone. Christ pulls in close when we feel the furthest from normal. My hope is that we can all grow into women who keep telling the truth, even when lies seem too strong. God’s word is a refuge, and there’s enough comfort for all of us. And together, we will make it to the other side. | 