All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well

The other day somebody asked me how am I doing? 

I always struggle with that question, because I struggle to be honest, to be truthful, to be vulnerable, or do I just create a false sense of reality that will get me past the dark places I don’t want to go when I’m asked that question.

So the other day, when I was asked, I paused, and I asked the Lord, how do I answer that question?

The answer immediately came to me. “In faith you are fantastic. In feelings, it is a challenge.”  And that’s the correct answer isn’t it? Because by faith, I know, everything will be fine, and all shall be well. But it’s my feelings, emotionally, physically, etc. that are a challenge for me. 

Julian of Norwich in 1365 in the middle of the black plague said. "He said, Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be distressed; He said: Thou shalt not be overcome." And "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well."

The body feels what it feels, and the mind loves to feel what it feels. But that’s not the reality on which we build our lives. The greater reality, as many have written, is what is unseen. The spirit brings life.

Yes indeed, in my faith, I am fantastic, but in my feelings, life is a challenge.