'Even when it hurts...'

So it is the 2nd of February... and since yesterday, the social media is flooded with heart-shaped "whatevers", sweet exchanges, and of course, let's not neglect the scent of pain commonly characterized by the hashtag "#bitter". It's crazy but it's as if depression just automatically hits you like a flu virus and your down!

Oh well, this is definitely the most-excruciating month for those who have been feeling hurt, alone, pained, and broken; and I believe there's nothing wrong with expressing it, at least they (okay...WE) are honest about how and what we feel. However, I think it would be fabulous if there was a way we could go around that feeling and possess a more positive outlook -- no, no, not to mask grief, but to make it bearable, and who knows, it might become the strategy to totally get over that pain, move on and just be happy about February.

Although I am a Christian (a Pastor's kid at that), it's not as easy as grabbing my Bible and landing my fingers at a verse that would ease the feeling. Opening my Bible's really hard at these moments. (Hey! don't hit backspace yet! I won't give you a sermon, I promise I have something beautiful for you below :) ). So yeah, I pray, I tell God what I feel, then I scan through some familiar verses that I know. My favorite's Proverbs 3:5 and 6  which says,

"Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path straight."

Believe me, sometimes that doesn't make sense, but I just read it over and over again until it does. :)

My favorite author said in one of his novels:

"We're not meant to understand it all the time;

sometimes, we just have to have faith."

- Landon Carter (A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks)

You can start with that, and just try to let it flow. You may also start thinking about the day when you'll be laughing reminiscing how you are today.

I would like to share with you a song that's really gonna change how you feel right now. It is called "Steady My Heart" by Kari Jobe. It's not new, and I bet if you've already listened to it before, you've fallen in love with it too.

(you may play it through the playlist below, where I included some of really good picks too)

"...even when it hurts, even when it's hard, even when it all just falls apart; I will run to You, 'cause I know that You are, LOVER OF MY SOUL, HEALER OF MY SCARS, You Steady My Heart..."

Enjoy! Let's shake all those bad vibes off! 

- xoxo June :) <3