Lately, I’ve been going through a time of discouragement.  You have those too? It feels like I’m walking through a desert, forgotten.  Then my skin has the audacity to blister under the hot sun!  And lips are chapped, and I’m tired, with no relief in sight. As I plod along, suddenly I trip, and now I have scrapes on my hands and knees. “God, where are you?”  I cry out.  “If you would just show up, your Presence would change everything!  Don’t you hear me?” My complaints at my

You know the feeling, but call it different things: Feeling blah Discouragement Blue The weight of the world on your shoulders Heaviness Sometimes even described as depressed I’ve learned that every time this happens, it is a good idea to face it, name it, and kick it out, if need be.  But then I heard another whisper. “Sometimes the weight is a good thing.” “What?  How can that be?  It feels so .... heavy!” I said back.  Then I started considering all the types of weight.  H