Sometimes....

Sometimes every one of us feels
Like we’ll never be healed
Sometimes 
Sometimes every one of us aches
Like we’ll never be saved
Sometimes
--David Crowder Band

You know the feeling: the heavyness, the helplessness, the hopelessness.... It's impossible to shake. "It will all work out in the end," sounds like such a cliche... or maybe even an insult. "When? Why?" Not just "When will I be better?" or "Why am I sick?" No, the pain drives us to asking bigger questions than that, because thanks to support groups and the Internet, we know we are not alone in this suffering. "When will the world be redeemed? Why is their pain and suffering?"

I don't know. I really don't. I don't understand any more than you do.

But I know the feeling of healing... the first breath of spring, and healing....

I know that somehow, some day, it will end. Sometime.

So don't give up. Keep on going. Persevere. Be determined. Aggressively pursue healing with every ounce you have, even if it isn't much. Surround yourself with people who will lift you up, help you, and give you hope.

Don't. Ever. Quit.
Don't. Ever. Give. Up.

P.S. Beth - this is for you. ♥