What to do when you don’t know what to do….

Try this:

Enter His gates with thanksgiving (not necessarily with laughter).

Enter His courts with praise.

Why, you ask?

How could I possibly do that, you wonder?

FOR THE LORD IS GOOD.

{Psalm 100:4-5}

Your situation may not be good.

Your pain may not be good.

Your heartache is not good.

Your loneliness is not good.

Your feelings of shame or guilt are not good.

Your regrets are not good.

But God still is.

Be thankful to Him, bless and praise His name…His mercy and lovingkindness are everlasting. His faithfulness endures to all generations.

Thanking God for being God opens the door for you to receive His comfort that He is freely offering to you…

I am not immune to your suffering.

I am not apathetic to anyone’s pain.

I have been in the pit of despair myself and have been pulled out by the right hand of the Lord when I reached for it and held on with all I had.

It took work.

Daily work.

It takes intentional time with the Lord.

It takes being honest, vulnerable, and transparent with Him and other trusted support people.

It takes patience in His timing.

It takes trust.

I write nothing that I, myself, have not put to practice.

So I challenge you….

Go ahead.

Give an attitude of thanksgiving a try.