Today’s post is our top post from 2020! (Wow, we made it!) This was originally published in mid February and was written by Sara.

“You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.”
(Psalm 139:1-4 NIV)

I felt a hand on my arm.

“Are you okay?” he whispered.

I gave a noncommittal shrug.

Honestly, I wasn’t okay, but the fact that someone saw beyond my calm facade meant the world to me.

A few days later, a friend asked, “How are you?” and I told her, “I’m okay.” But she wouldn’t let me off the hook. She saw — or rather heard — the hidden struggle in…