It Is Okay to Feel

12–15 minutes

Center · Stillness

Settle in

Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”

Read · The passage

Scripture

Jesus wept.

John 11:35, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

It Is Okay to Feel

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

Jesus wept right there with the people who were hurting. When was the last time you cried, and what was going on inside your heart?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God that He receives, with no shame at all, the feeling I hide the most, which is…

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

Jesus, You wept in front of everyone when Your friends were hurting. Help me bring You what I feel instead of hiding it.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Today, say out loud to one person you trust an emotion you have been holding in this week.

Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)