A Lesson Everyone Needs... Even in Seminary

Sometimes you just need the reminder that even though you are traveling where you feel God has called you... it doesn’t make it any less shitty or any easier. To all in struggle, I say this:

It is okay to let yourself feel what you are feeling, and feel it wholly.

It won’t necessarily make it easier or more bearable, but I like to think that long term it’s easier to live with yourself when you’re not avoiding what you have been afraid to feel or who you have been afraid to be.

Maybe you need to extend forgiveness. Or maybe you need to recognize that you’re not quite ready to and that’s an okay place to be, for a season. Maybe you need to scream, throw something, or eat an entire bag of Coconut M&M’s. What it really comes down to is that it is okay to own your feelings and know that you won’t be in that place forever. 

Until we feel that closure, we pray. And maybe cry a little bit as well. 

I'm thankful for a place like seminary where I know that there is great community. And when these moments hit, there are people there to listen and let you get their shirt a little snotty.