I don’t want to be around someone that is up one minute, and the next time you see them they talk about how hard things are. I don’t want to hear from people that are up then down, stable then shaky, rejoicing then sorrowful. If it isn’t 100% praise and 100% positive, find someone else—I don’t want to hear about it.
Then the last thing you should do today is read from the book of Psalms.
I want to be around someone who is honest, takes off their mask, and pours their heart out. I want to hear from someone who has gotten below the surface, reflected on the darkest parts of life and this world, who doesn’t have all the answers, and cries out to a seemingly silent God yet is ok that he might not reveal the answers. I might be up then down, stable then shaky, rejoicing yet sorrowful, and I need to be around someone who understands that salvation doesn’t erase the range of human emotions in a fallen world. To be completely honest, I’m tired of those who say they reject “prosperity theology and you’ll always be on the mountain” yet their words and their actions reveal that they don’t have a theology developed enough to understand that at the same time someone’s feet walk in the valley their heart can sing “but Thou art with me.”
Then the best thing you can do today is read from the book of Psalms.
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