I feel this truth reverberating through my life, because bricks and glass crumble and crack without that scaffolding from time to time, and human hearts crumble and crack too without deep work and intentional care. We only heal by investing in the difficult and ugly work, even if it isn’t pretty, even if it looks like a mess for a while. Sometimes people equate self-compassion and self-care with being selfish or overly self-focused and believe it’s somehow in opposition to faith. But God’s fundamental orientation toward
