Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Pull Yourself Together

**Before you begin reading, sit down, breathe normally and be quiet for 1 minute.**

    Who can you pour your heart out to? When is the last time you poured your heart out? Do you stop yourself, telling yourself to pull yourself together? There is probably a fine line between a healthy grief and unhealthy grief. What I have found is that many of us do not even let ourselves grieve and part of grieving is being able to pour our hearts out. We think that for some reason our emotions must be restrained and controlled. We need to pull ourselves together.
    Reading a few lament Psalms encourages me because God wants to hear our hearts. He wants us to pour our hearts out to Him. Can you pour your heart out to God? Do you allow others to pour their hearts out to you? Slow down and pour out. Let God pull you together in His time. You might be messy for a while.
**Sit quietly again for as much time as is available to you.**
Have more than two minutes? Read Psalm 62 and consider verse 8 in particular.

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