03/12/2025
The words “with you “ have been running in my mind these past few weeks. Recently I heard the pastor speak about why God wants to know our thoughts-emotions and inner being. If he already knows. Then why ? He proceeded to talk about how a parent might find out their kid got a good grade on their test but may check in and ask anyway or a parent may know a child has gotten news about the child being sad but will check in anyways. Why ? Because when the child is happy the parents wants to share with the child in their happiness. And when the child is sad the parent wants to share with the child in their sadness. There’s a parallel he drew there with even if God knows that he asks us to pray because he wants to be with us in all of it. I also think of my life as a therapist and that is one of the foundational pieces of sitting and listening and healing is “I am with you “. Unlike God or even a parent I may not know what a person is going though (not a mind reader lol) but creating a space and a message that i am with them is so critical to the work. I believe when people feel like their pain-fears -joy and hopes etc are “with another “ it can be less overwhelming,less scary, healing,liberating,integrating,etc. even though being with may mostly not mean experiencing exactly what another is going through it can be an open space from one humans heart-mind to another. “Im with you so these difficult and painful and meaningful places don’t have to be traveled alone and you will make it through this step by step.”
