Emotional Health for Believers - The Crosswalk Devotional - July 20

PLUS...10 Lies You’ve Been Told about Womanhood  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ &zwnj [Crosswalk.com Logo]( The Crosswalk Devotional  [Devotionals](        [Newsletters](        [e-Cards](      [The Crosswalk Devotional]( Emotional Health for Believers By Ashley Moore "In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me.” - [Psalm 120:1]( ESV Recently, I read about a girl who had lived through a house fire. Her immense grief over the incident led her to seek therapy. During one of her sessions, she shared with her therapist that a well-meaning church member offered some ill-timed advice. That day the sermon made mention of a family who was also involved in a house fire and pointed out how they made the best of a bad situation and implied that she should too. Even though they meant no harm, their comments were trite, insensitive, and premature. Has anything like that ever happened to you? Has someone tried to hurry you along in the grieving process because your sadness lingered too long and caused them discomfort? Or maybe you’ve tried to rush yourself through a hard circumstance, telling yourself that you need to buck up and move on, even though you still felt sad or disappointed. Or perhaps, like me, you are prone to stuffing your negative feelings down until you think they’ve gone away, only to find they rear their ugly heads at the most unexpected and unwelcome times.  [CONTINUE READING →](            You May Also Like:        [10 Lies You’ve Been Told about Womanhood](  Bethany Baird I was totally taken off guard by Lacy’s blatant attacks on my beliefs. Apparently she had heard about my perspectives and beliefs on God’s design for women, and she was not impressed.  [CONTINUE READING →](       [Stay at Home Mom, You Are Enough Just as You Are](  Amanda Idleman Being here matters most. The relationship you build with your kids, their friends, your friends, community, church, and more is what has the greatest eternal value.  [CONTINUE READING →](            [15-Year-Old Blind Boy Sings ‘You Raise Me Up’ At Mom’s Memorial](  GodTube.com One young man exhibited great strength, character and talent during a performance of a Josh Groban hit at a memorial service for his mother.  [WATCH NOW →](        [10 Signs of Emotional Abuse in a Relationship](  Jen Grice Any relationship can include emotional abuse. At the core of all abuse is the need to have power and control. Any one of us can feel the need to control things or someone else. It becomes a real problem when someone is being emotionally or physically hurt because of that need for power and control. This is when a relationship has reached a toxic level and needs an intervention. Toxic relationships left to escalate could lead to dangerous situations where no one is safe.  [CONTINUE READING →](                            Bible Trivia Question of the Day                                           According to the law of the Medes and Persians, no decree established by the king... A. ...needed an explanation B. ...was ever published C. ...could be changed D. ...ever met popular approval [ANSWER THE QUESTION →](     [Crosswalk.com Logo](  [Read about Salem Web Network](  |  [Unsubscribe](   [Email Preference Center](  |  [View in Browser](   © 2023 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Crosswalk. Â