Day 036 of 90 · Emotions
Sadness Can Teach Me Something
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
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
Psalm 119:71, BSB
Learn · Reflection
Reflection
Sadness Can Teach Me Something
Talk · Conversation
Talk about it
C. S. Lewis wrote about his own pain and learned from it. Looking back at a sadness you have already come through, what did it teach you about other people's pain?
Thank · Gratitude
Give thanks
Today I thank God for something good that grew inside me during a hard season, which was…
Ask · Prayer
Pray together
God, there is pain I would not choose to live through again, and it still taught me a great deal. Keep forming something good inside me while the ache is still here.
Begin · Application
Carry it into the day
Today, look for someone going through something close to what you have already suffered, and offer one concrete kind of help: sit with them, listen, stay.
Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)