Testimony in Progress

To: anyone who identifies with my testimony in progress,

From: a Christian who struggles with anxiety and suicidal depression.

Yeah, my diagnosis is a mouthful.

And a mountain.

And faith can make it move.

Right?

Sigh.

Miraculous healing might be

The illness going away.

It also might be the strength to bear it.

Breakthrough sometimes looks like

Breathing

Even though our body and our mind

Fight us on it.

Can I get an amen?

For the sufferer who's still obeying?

For the doubter who's still worshipping?

For the broken who's still bearing God's image?

Your amen is an acknowledgement

A statement.

Saying: I see you.

Echoing the name of God:

El-Roi (El-raw-ee):

He is the God who sees me.

And whispers

To our weariness

Descends

Into our despair

And promises

His presence in the pain

We are not alone.

Beloved brother and sister,

You are not alone.

There us no new calamity under the sun

So, we are one

Nay, we are won

By the suffering Son

Who says to our illness

It is Finished.

And we must simply take it for the

Promise that it is.