I listened to You Say by Lauren Daigle today and I relate to the line that says “You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing.” Repeatedly in the Bible, God tells me he loves me. Repeatedly, He shows me he loves me daily by showering me with protection, bounty and beauty. Repeatedly, I remind myself of this fact.

1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Today I can’t feel a thing. Today I struggle. Yet the beautiful thing is that the fact remains, and I believe that God still loves me. That is what keeps me going through the days when I feel nothing. Being a bit of an up and down kind of personality, my belief is so important. Mindfully cultivating that belief is vital. Consistency in the face of emotional fluctuations is purely His Spirit in me. In 1 John 5:13-15 of The Message translation of the Bible, I am reminded of what my faith entails.

My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God's Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion. And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he's listening. And if we're confident that he's listening, we know that what we've asked for is as good as ours.

It is possible to be confident when I can’t feel a thing because my faith is in God and not my own roller coaster emotions.