In the last 3 months, I’ve been facing hearing loss and brain damage. This is due to prior trama from a car accident back in 2019, and, although I know sign language, I’m hoping it doesn’t get to the point where I’ll need to use it full time.
Now, you might not be facing hearing loss (I certainly hope not), but you might be in a trial that’s weighing on your heart. We’ve all been there. We’ve all faced difficult times before that look different for each one of us. We’ve faced loss, fatigue, exhaustion, betrayal, hurt, heartache…the list goes on and on.
So what should do we do about it? What can help us make it through the storm? How can we persevere and come out on the other side of all of this successfully/less broken then we were before?
Here are 3 easy tips to help you make it through your hard time:
1. Find Your Community
When we’re low we tend to forget what God has done in our lives. Therefore, you need to find your community.
Be around people who lift you up and encourage you spiritually.
This can be friends or mentors around you who give you a constant reminder of who God is and how He’s worked in your life in the past. This can be someone who you simply enjoy spending time with who makes you laugh. Whoever they are, find them, be around them, thank them, and enjoy every minute together.
2. Focus on Others
I’ve noticed that whenever I start ministering/helping other people that my worries and my burdens seem so much smaller. My perspective changes and I realize that I’m not the only one hurting.
There are so many people out there who could use your help and your presence. Simply decide to show up, to help out, or just give an encouraging word to someone.
You’ll be surprised how much helping others encourages you in the process.
3. Fall on Your Knees (aka: PRAY)
This is the easiest tip to do, yet so many of us fail to take action in this area.
You have to pray. Talk to God about your trial. Be honest with Him. Share your anger, your frustration, your brokenness. It’ll lift a burden off your shoulders once you realize that He already knows your heart and, yes, He can handle it.
Hopefully these tips help you to give all of your cares to Him, focus on others, find your community, and live every moment of creativity to its fullest.
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