Emotions Do Not Make Me Weak

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

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Ecclesiastes 3:4, BSB

Learn · Reflection

Reflection

Emotions Do Not Make Me Weak

Talk · Conversation

Talk about it

Michael Phelps won just about everything there was to win, and he still needed to ask for help. What makes you think that asking for help is a sign of weakness?

Thank · Gratitude

Give thanks

Today I thank God for making me with a time to weep and a time to laugh, and for the laughter He gave me when…

Ask · Prayer

Pray together

God, there is a time to weep and a time to laugh, and neither one frightens Your heart. Help me stop pretending that I am always fine.

Begin · Application

Carry it into the day

Today, ask for help with one concrete thing you have been trying to handle alone: send the message or make the ask before you go to bed.

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