Lent Day 27… When It’s Uncool And Embarrassing

Pictured above: Joyelle, one of our super-cool youth leaders, making an uncool and embarrassing face. On Wednesday during our youth service, she led the prayer time… and shared about her own struggle with depression.

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To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) is a non-profit organization created to give hope to anyone struggling with addiction, depression, self-injury, or thoughts of suicide—and seeks to help connect people to treatment centers, support groups, and other resources. It was founded in 2006 by Jamie Tworkowski.

Recently, Jamie wrote:

Our job is to love people… when it hurts. When it’s awkward. When it’s uncool and embarrassing. Our job is to stand together, to carry the burdens of one another and to meet each other in our questions.

Love isn’t always easy. In fact, it’s often difficult. It can hurt. It can be awkward. And loving people can be uncool and embarrassing… but that’s our job: to love people.

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, says, “We have a duty to support those among us who are vulnerable and in need. When times are hard, that duty should be felt more than ever, not disappear or diminish.”

When times are hard, love anyway.

When it feels awkward, love anyway.

When it’s difficult, love anyway.

When it’s uncool and embarrassing, love anyway.

If Love can’t win it, it can’t be won. —LH Hardwick