I am sad and grieving right now over the loss of a dream. Right now, it is hard to think that things will ever be ok.  But I realize and accept the fact that I have just experienced a devastating loss and it is normal to feel this way. It is comforting to know that I don’t have to hide this from God.  (And I couldn’t even if I wanted to hide it from Him.)I just want to be real here. I am hurting and I am thankful to know that my saddness, doubts and anger do not shock HIM. He is bigger than all of that. And how precious to know that Jesus  is “…a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:…” Is.53:3

I read a quote from C.S. Lewis that says, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, but He shouts to us in our pain.”