"Just because they carry it well, doesn't mean its' not heavy." To walk the medical journey is nothing short of hard and heavy. It is an upheaval to life physically, emotionally, and mentally. Despite how well someone appears to walk the medically challenging or special needs road the Lord has laid out of them, it is unbearable alone.
As families in the throws of medical hardship and special needs, you may have a sense of constant disappointment (personally over our own lives limitations and certainly even acutely from those around us). It is hard to commit to things, hard to follow through with things, and often hard to live beyond bare minimum or just getting by due to the perpetual state of a rollercoaster life.
When those closest to you, those you might assume know you best, fail to actually know you in character, understand you, or believe the best in you, the relational pain can be excruciating.
Jesus is not far off. Jesus can sympathize with whatever relational strain you may be facing with your family. Jesus was the only person ALWAYS in the right, always in his right mind, yet was accused of the latter regularly, even by his own family. Being misunderstood and rejected is all too familiar to Jesus, he can relate. He knows and cares for us as we endure the same.
This journey is unbearable alone. Not always will those closest to us understand. We must fix our eyes on Jesus to sustain us. We must surrender our lives to him in order that HE carries the burden that is unbearable to carry.
Join Brandon as he continues in the Considering Jesus series as he delves into one of the most relatable topics.