All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
- Psalm 38:9
What a gift to know that all of our longings, our hearts desires are seen and known by the One who made us. Also a gift to me to know that every time my heart sighs, it is heard by God. I’m not alone in the frustration I feel as a parent, in the disappointment I feel as a human, in the shame I sometimes feel when I fail. Each of these sighs, the ones born of longing, the ones that break in between rattling sobs when our hearts are breaking…none of them are hidden from God. He’s with us in the longing, in the sobbing, in the sighing. He’s with us in the moments we would never post on instagram or facebook, in the moments we are not proud of, in the moments we feel alone. He sees us. He knows us. He’s with us. So very grateful we’re never alone, even when it feels like we are.