What If “Suffering Well” Doesn’t Mean Staying Strong?

You know that feeling of having your heart cast down? Brittany Lee Allen knows this feeling all too well as she journeyed through grief in an environment that left little room for tears. Through that broken, wounded place, the Lord opened her eyes to many lies she’d believed about suffering, giving her freedom to cry out to Him in her pain. Her book, Free to Weep, is the fruit of those years in the refining fire. It’s my joy to welcome Brittany to the farm’s table today… Guest post by Brittany Lee Allen My husband and I were speechless as we began to drive home. The shock of what we’d just experienced fell around us like a thick fog. “They’re wrong,” he said, breaking the silence. My husband doesn’t get angry often, but I could hear the righteous anger in his voice. I don’t remember what I said that cold February evening in the car—that part of the story is a blur now—but I remember the pain that struck my heart as the arrows of harsh words burrowed in. I remember feeling like an ant looking up at a boot that hovered overhead. I felt so small. That boot would […]