Is it just plain good that you exist? Or do you need to labor to prove your value to the world and therefore justify your existence?
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/is-it-good-that-you-exist
So don’t mask or bury your fear and anxiety. Don’t reserve them exclusively for the counselor’s office. While professional help can be valuable, it’s not a substitute for the collective strength and encouragement we find in the community of believers. Expect God to work amid your struggles with fear and anxiety. Expect God to work through his people as you share your struggles in community.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/take-anxiety-church/
However, these are the times when I must rely on what I know and not what I feel. The words of the Bible that I have spent years of my life reading and absorbing and memorizing mean nothing if they do not affect how I live my life. If the truth of the gospel isn’t true in the hardest of circumstances, for the worst of worst case-scenarios, it isn’t true at all. So even though I feel like God is far away, he cannot be, for he is always with me. Even though I feel like he is not good, he must be, for he is goodness itself. Even though I feel like he doesn’t love me, he must, for he sent his only Son to die for me. He clothes the lilies of the field; he will surely care for me. He is not withholding good from me. He doesn’t hate me; he delights in me. When I feel isolated and alone, thinking that no one can understand how I feel, I remember that he numbered the very hairs on my head and knows and loves me more than I can fully understand.
https://erinmount.substack.com/p/how-jesus-helps-my-unbelief
“I’m glad you found something that works for you.” No, I found something far better. I found Someone that finally makes sense of me, that overwhelms and terrifies me and comforts and loves me with a love that is larger than the unaccountable galaxies spinning beyond imagining and sharper than the iron nails on a wooden cross and stronger than the grave. I found the Way, the Truth, and the Life. I found Reality himself. And nothing can ever be the same.
https://sethlewis.ie/2025/01/22/god-doesnt-work-for-me/
No, our good is the nearness of God. He is near to us when we are broken in our sin. He is near to us in our loneliness. He is near to us in our sickness. And He is near to us when we weep over lost loved ones.
https://tillwearehome.com/2025/01/20/the-promises-of-god-in-his-word/
Are your natural desires are interfering with your ability to be content? Try focusing on the blessings outlined in scripture that relate to actions and attitudes rather than material possessions or family status.
https://www.loisflowers.com/when-everyone-else-is-getting-the-blessings-you-want/