📖When Your Soul Is Tired.

There comes a kind of tired that sleep can't fix.

Closing the Gap — When Your Soul Is Tired.

There comes a kind of tired that sleep can't fix.

It's the kind that settles into your soul.

You wake up exhausted before your feet ever touch the floor.

You smile because people expect you to.

You answer, "I'm fine," because explaining would take more energy than you have left.

Trauma has a way of doing that.

It doesn't just wound your heart.

It recruits your mind into fighting battles that ended years ago.

Every room becomes a place to scan for danger.

Every relationship becomes something to question.

Every silence becomes something to fear.

And after years of living that way...

your soul becomes tired.

Not because you're weak.

Because you've been carrying a weight you were never created to carry alone.

The hardest part?

You start believing that this version of you is the real you.

You forget what it feels like to breathe without fear.

To trust without suspicion.

To rest without guilt.

To believe without wondering if you're about to be disappointed again.

Maybe tonight that's where you are.

Not faithless.

Just weary.

Not hopeless.

Just worn down.

If that's you...

I want you to know something.

God isn't standing over you with crossed arms asking why you're so tired.

He's inviting you to stop pretending you're not.

The God who created your soul knows when it's running on empty.

He isn't offended by your questions.

He isn't threatened by your tears.

He isn't surprised by your exhaustion.

He sees the weight you've been carrying, and He knows how heavy it's become.

Maybe tonight you don't have enough strength to run.

Maybe you don't even have enough strength to walk.

Then crawl if you have to.

Whisper one prayer if that's all you have.

Because healing doesn't always begin with a breakthrough.

Sometimes...

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it begins with finally admitting,

"God...I can't carry this anymore."

And that isn't the end of faith.

Sometimes...

that's where faith truly begins.

Until next time...keep closing the gap.