Midnight ramblings

Laughing is the only thing that will do me in some situations. Some things in life are too sad - or too angry or too depressing - to face without shedding a bit of light on the matter. This doesn't mean making light of things that should be taken seriously, it means finding the laughable moments wherever you can. Sometimes there isn't one to be found, but I have to take advantage of one when it is there. When things don't make sense, when I'm sad or hurt or angry, or when things are just disappointing laughter is the best medicine. 

Music. Just music. It speaks volumes and it tells the things I couldn't even begin to explain myself. I think being a writer makes you appreciate good lyrics when you find them, and when I find words in a song that speak to me I could have it on replay for days at a time. Listening to a song that speaks to you is one of the most therapeutic ways to deal with whatever happens to be going on at the moment. It is a way of expressing everything that you're feeling perfectly. It is perfect because everything you wanted to say had already been wholly articulated by someone else. I think just the knowledge that someone else somewhere in time at one moment was feeling the exact same way you do right now is such a comfort. I believe with all my heart that Jesus gives people the ability to write music like this because He intends for us to experience this special empathy with people we may never even meet. It's a way of fellowship and encouragement. 

It's okay to be sad sometimes. It's important to sort through your feelings. They matter. Jesus was sad, too, sometimes. But what's better than knowing that it's okay to cry sometimes is to believe that Jesus knows what we feel like. And that's a  big deal. If Jesus knows how it is to feel like this or to struggle with that, then He himself found a way to overcome or to be comforted by the Father. Not only does He sympathize with our struggles but he also empathizes with us. To empathize means to literally take on the feelings of another. And the fact that the One who created me, who saves me, who gives me grace to live another day, who knows every intricate thing about me and what I will be feels everything that I do is enormous.

Jesus wept. John 11:35