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Expressing our pain to God can sometimes feel disloyal, like we are giving up on His ultimate goodness. Or maybe more like He’s giving up on us. But God intended lament for something much different.

Faith is foremost believing He can, and the bigger, gnarlier part of faith is being good with His decision not to. Hoping for the yes, but accepting the no. Believing His decision is better than my own vision. That’s the mature part—the rougher part—of faith.

When we consider our staying and going decisions, we should focus more on abiding in God than in the physical place.

In developing eyes for the invisible, we must recognize not only invisible types of illnesses, but our own heart issue as well.

When we are suffering, we often we think we know what we need, but by being open to bigger, unidentified needs, we can begin holding our “need” and God’s provision at. the same time.

Saudade is indeed, absence with a presence. But it is also absence with a pull, absence for a purpose. This God-shaped space in our hearts represents the most important saudade we must deal with in this life.