Day 6 - When It Hurts

“‘For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,’ says the LORD, who has mercy on you.” (Isaiah 54:10, NLT)

You are always loved, no matter what. Some days are easy, and some are harder than others. One day, you might feel happy and full of energy. On another day, you might feel depressed and tired. When we as a family are feeling sad or angry, it doesn’t mean that we don’t love you. We love you even when we hurt or are quiet. Even when we cry or need to be alone, you are still important to us. Our feelings don’t change our love for you.

Healing is a journey, and it is important to know that you are loved, no matter how you feel or what you do. As a family, we all might be on different parts of our journey, but we are still in it together. It is not okay for anyone in our family to be unkind to each other. But it is important to remember that just because one of us is unhappy or does the wrong thing, that does not mean it is your fault and that person has not stopped loving you.

When you are sad and when you are happy, we still love you.

When we are sad and when we are happy, we still love you.

When you are loud and when you are quiet, we still love you.

When we are loud and when we are quiet, we still love you.

When you are angry and mean, and when you are peaceful and kind, we still love you.

When we are angry and mean, and when we are peaceful and kind, we still love you.

When you do what is right and when you do what is wrong, we still love you.

When we do what is right and when we do what is wrong, we still love you.

No matter where you are in your journey or where we are in ours, you are always loved.

Nothing you do could ever change that. Nothing we ever go through will change that. We are committed to loving you.

Family Discussion Questions (pick 2 or more)

• When do you feel the most loved?
• When do you feel the least loved?
• Come up with a family signal or phrase that you can share even in the middle of hard conversations or days that means, “I love you.” Use this signal/phrase especially when you don’t feel it or the other person doesn’t “deserve” it.