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So every time we go to a movie at the theater or at home, Dave <em>cries<\/em>. He cries at movies like <em>Firehouse Dogs<\/em>. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> This is like this family joke on me. She doesn\u2019t even know\u2014she didn\u2019t even watch <em>Firehouse Dogs<\/em>\u2014but I did on an airplane on a mission trip back; my 16-year-old son sitting beside me. He looks over and goes, \u201cYou\u2019re seriously crying at <em>Firehouse Dogs<\/em>?!\u201d It\u2019s this little dog that lived in the firehouse and got lost, and they find him at the end. I\u2019m over there, tearing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So he does that; but in real life, you <em>seldom<\/em> cry. That\u2019s the thing that we\u2019re like, \u201cWhy is that?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Are you asking? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; kind of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I have no idea. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I\u2019m Ann Wilson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I\u2019m Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> app.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know; it\u2019s a joke. I cry in the movie theater in the dark; and I have a hard time <em>feeling<\/em> in life, which is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Somewhere, you shut down those feelings. Maybe, we\u2019ll bring Ron Deal in and have another counseling session. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Ron can come back in and counsel me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo I need to learn how to <em>feel<\/em>. We\u2019ve got the person who can help me learn how to feel; right, Courtney? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I hope so; maybe! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, welcome, Courtney Reissig, to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Glad to have you here with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Thanks for having me. I\u2019m glad to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You wrote a book called <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She wrote it just for me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Just for you; yes. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just for me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And Courtney is the managing director at Risen Motherhood. She is the author of <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em> and <em>Glory in the Ordinary<\/em>. Courtney, how many years have you been married to Daniel? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Twelve years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Daniel is from our hometown. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> He is! Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> A lot of people are from Findlay, Ohio; but Daniel is. He knows about Wilson\u2019s Hamburgers,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014Dietsch Ice Cream. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014which is no connection to us\u2014and the greatest ice cream in the world, Dietsch\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And you have four sons. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> How old are they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Eight, eight, almost six, and almost four. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So you had twin boys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And now, you have <em>four<\/em> boys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I do. My third son looks\u2014is about the same size as my twins\u2014so they look like triplets. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, let\u2019s talk about <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>, which the subtitle is <em>Worshipping Through the Psalms in Every Season of Life<\/em>. I <em>love<\/em> how you start the book, because you\u2019re talking about this time you go to the hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re pregnant. Tell us what happened because you ended up staying there a little longer than you thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; I had a placental abruption with my fourth son, which is a life-threatening pregnancy complication. I was 33 weeks pregnant when I went into the hospital and thought, at first maybe, like my appendix had ruptured\u2014which would have been preferable at the time to having a placental abruption\u2014because if my appendix had ruptured, I would have been home in the next few days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead, I was in the hospital for three weeks; and I was on monitors\/on continuous monitoring. I couldn\u2019t take care of my other children. My husband couldn\u2019t go home and take care of them, because we were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Wow! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014it was very touch-and-go crisis situation\u2014where even the doctors didn\u2019t want <em>him<\/em> going home. They thought, if he went home, that potentially I would have to go into OR immediately; and he wouldn\u2019t even be there for the birth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re saying this was life-threatening, not only for the baby, but for <em>you<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; so placental abruption is\u2014mine was a partial abruption\u2014but a full abruption gives you about five to ten minutes to save the baby and about fifteen minutes to save the mom, because you bleed to death. A lot of abruptions are what are called silent abruptions, where you can\u2019t always feel them; and you can\u2019t see them. You can\u2019t see them on an ultrasound ever; and if you\u2019re not bleeding, there is no real indication that it is happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMine was pain; so at least, they knew something was going on. The pain was a good indicator, but we couldn\u2019t\/we just didn\u2019t know. The monitoring was a good indicator of how well Ben was faring. He wasn\u2019t faring well when I was having pain and when I was having contractions. Then, there was a period of time when I couldn\u2019t even leave my hospital room. For me, I just couldn\u2019t\u2014if anyone\u2019s ever been in a health crisis, you can\u2019t always gather your thoughts to do anything\u2014so for me, I was in this constant state of panic of: \u201cAre things going to be okay today?\u201d I was always worried about my children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had my Bible, so I just read the Psalms. In God\u2019s kindness, I had studied the Psalms prior to that in a Bible study that whole year prior, and had really grown to understand how God had orchestrated putting them together, what their intended purpose was for in the canon of Scripture but then, also, for God\u2019s people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Share a little bit of that with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> What did you learn? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; so the Psalms\u2014they were Israel\u2019s hymn book\u2014they were Israel\u2019s songs that they sang. They were Israel\u2019s songs that they sang during exile. What is interesting about how they are put together\u2014there are five books of them\u2014each book has its own kind of tone. The first couple of books are heavier in tone in that there is a lot of lament and a lot of sorrow. Then it gets more hopeful as the books\u2014and book three is really dark\u2014and then it gets more hopeful as it goes on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat really tells the story of the Christian life: is that, while we live through a lot of difficulty and a lot of hardship, where we are ultimately headed is hopefulness; because we know the end of the story. Psalm 1 tells us, by meditating on God\u2019s Word day and night, you will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which means you are going to grow and flourish, even in the midst of a lot of difficulty; because you have roots that dig down deep to the nourishment of water, which we know in Scripture is often used to talk about the way that God nourishes us. So then Psalm 2 tells us the end result with the King: there is going to be a King, who is going to rule and reign rightly over all things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I found is that all that leg work on the backend, when things were going well in my life\u2014where I studied the Word and I put in the hard work of meditating on God\u2019s Word\u2014I was able to reap the benefit of that in a really, really hard time when I couldn\u2019t do a whole lot of study. I could just read like a psalm or two here or there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Take us back to the bed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014when you are in there. You had to be <em>so<\/em> worried. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I <em>was<\/em> really worried. Any type of traumatic situation, you are not really able to process how you <em>feel<\/em> in that moment. For me, I found in the hospital that, when I would read of people crying out to God\u2014or like in Psalm 27: \u201cI believe I will look on the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living,\u201d\u2014I wanted to believe that I would see God\u2019s goodness. Not only did I find prayers to pray back to God, but I also found familiar friends that I was like, \u201cI\u2019m not the first person who has been in so much distress about whether or not my life is going to be delivered.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI found what was comforting to me was that it was almost as if God was showing me, through His Word, that: \u201cI hear you. I know\/I know that this world is broken and hard. And I <em>know<\/em> it\u2019s really difficult; and I <em>know<\/em> you are terrified; but I am here to hear your prayers. I\u2019m here to hear your cries for help; I am here to hear your anxiety and your fear; and I am ready and willing to sustain you while you are waiting.\u201d For me, that was really <em>hopeful<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have been in situations before\u2014I talk about this in the book because, well\u2014we\u2019ve had a lot of medical crises in our family. My twins were born eight weeks premature, so they were in the hospital. I mean, twins are just hard in general; so it was just a really hard year when they were born. I <em>didn\u2019t<\/em> read my Bible, really <em>ever<\/em>; that bore bitter fruit in my life. My husband would try to encourage me, like, \u201cMaybe, you could listen to the Bible.\u201d I would watch TV shows on my phone <em>instead<\/em>, so I went to the <em>exact<\/em> opposite. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You are talking to so many moms right now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014that are just\/you are just <em>worn<\/em> <em>out<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It\u2019s not wrong to watch a TV show when you\u2019re feeding your babies. There is no verse that\u2014but for me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Unless you\u2019re watching like a horror movie or something. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right; right; sure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You are saying you didn\u2019t produce much fruit from that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did produce fruit; it produced <em>bitter<\/em> fruit. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t have any perspective. The Lord was kind to give me a do-over and to allow me to see that pouring the Word into my life was going to reap fruit\u2014even if my circumstances were really scary and hard\u2014but that God was going to sustain me through the Word. For me, that is the message of Psalm 1\u2014and for so many people who can see the Lord do that in their life\u2014is that what you pour in is what is going to come out when it is hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I know that as 2020 started, over a year ago\u2014every year, January 1\u2014I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay, what do I want to read this year in the Bible?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sometimes, it\u2019s the one-year Bible. She\u2019s [Ann\u2019s] gone through the one-year like 17 years in a row\u2014I\u2019m bragging on my wife right now\u2014she\u2019s just like\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI decided, not knowing COVID is coming\u2014guess what I decided to do?\u2014\u201cI\u2019m going to read the book of Psalms this year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, good! Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cThere are 150 of them. I\u2019m not going to be in a hurry. If I take Psalm 1\u2014it takes two or three days; I don\u2019t care\u2014I\u2019m just going to sit there.\u201d You talk about a <em>great<\/em> book, not knowing at that moment,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to be reading during COVID. Like you write in the book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>, there is so much emotion, and feeling, and struggle. David and others are like: \u201cWhere are You?\u201d \u201cWhat is going on? How long?\u201d We\u2019re in February, March, April\u2014you remember\u2014\u201cFifteen Days to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cStop the spread.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, that is where we started in February; and we all sort of believed that. Then we\u2019re in May, and here we are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m still in the book of Psalms, and I got <em>excited<\/em> every day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Praise the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s like: \u201cOkay; I\u2019m not going anywhere. I\u2019m going to wear sweats all day and no shoes, and I get to read the Psalms,\u201d which is going to be emotive. And here is a guy, who doesn\u2019t feel real good; so it was a tool\/a vehicle to be able to feel and take the emotions they were feeling and connect to them to the life-stage I was in\/we were all in. I had no idea, starting the year, the book of Psalms would be that critical to getting through COVID. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think that is God\u2019s Word. I am <em>amazed<\/em> of how God\u2019s Word changes our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> When you read, you identify, like: \u201cI have been through that; God is faithful.\u201d It is such a good reminder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m relating to your story, too, because all of our sons were put in NICU when they were born. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; it is <em>so<\/em> hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I will never forget\u2014yes\u2014after the first one, they said\u2014he had a really traumatic birth\u2014and they said, \u201cWe think he has a skull fracture. We\u2019re doing all kinds of tests.\u201d I remember being in that hospital room\u2014and I am thinking of listeners, who have been in hospital rooms, filled with fear\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014or even going through a marriage situation, where you are just filled with fear and anxiety. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right; and you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know the future. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember I had my Bible with me, and I pulled it out. Dave was out of the room. I wish I could remember the Psalm. It was a Psalm that I read, too; and I felt like God was asking me, \u201cAnn, you can trust Me.\u201d Then I also felt like I had this pressing on my soul that was almost as if He was asking, \u201cCan I surrender this child to Him?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What we want to do in our lives is take control\u2014like: \u201cI\u2019m going to work this out,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m going to figure this out,\u201d\u2014whether it be our marriage, our kids, our work situation; and God is asking us, \u201cCan you trust Me and give it to Me?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It was <em>so<\/em> crazy. I wrote this book prior to anything happening with COVID, obviously. The book was written the summer before; and it came out on January 1, 2020. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It\u2019s just so crazy; because it took on a new meaning when we\u2014with everything that happened last year: and all of the unrest, and all of the difficulty, and all of the\u2014so many things of when you are crying out for justice, the Psalms can speak to that. What is so helpful to me about the Psalms, also, is so often I take my complaints to somebody else. I mean, we go to other people; or I take my complaints to my husband; or I voice them out on the internet. The Psalms are telling us it\u2019s okay to have these feelings, but to direct them to the only One who can do anything about it, not just to throw it out into the void. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo for me, the Psalms were really helpful in those moments when I came home from the hospital. I had these really overwhelming feelings of: \u201cI have <em>no<\/em> control over anything.\u201d The Psalms helped me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Is there one that really kind of met you? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, when I felt really low with depression, Psalm 88 was really helpful; because Psalm 88 has no resolution. It just kind of ends with darkness, where: \u201cDarkness is my only friend.\u201d If you just read Psalm 88 out loud\u2014I read it out loud in an interview I did one time\u2014and I was like, \u201cIf your friend sat across from you and said that to you, like what would you do? It would be a little bit hard.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I am going to read it. I want you to tell me some of your feelings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Teach us to feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Okay; I will. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cO Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten\u2026.\u201d\u2014it keeps going. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It keeps going; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But talk about just that part. When you read that, did you think, \u201cI feel like that\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; for me, I felt forgotten. I mean, this isn\u2019t true; but I would feel like, \u201cEveryone\u2019s life has moved on.\u201d I think sometimes people\u2014for me, on the outside, I <em>looked<\/em> like a normal person\u2014I had brought my baby home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And you should be thankful and grateful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I should be thankful and grateful. I had a lot of physical ramifications; it was just a really hard recovery for me. The trauma and stress of it just put an abnormal amount of stress on my body; my body just like revolted against me countless times. Because now I\u2019m almost four years removed from it, so I\u2019m able to look back and be like, \u201cThere were so many things going on.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI did get counseling eventually. I had a really good friend, who showed me that I wasn\u2019t forgotten. I had made an appointment multiple times; I kept cancelling it because it just felt impossible to go. She was like, \u201cI\u2019m going to watch your children, and you are going to go to counseling.\u201d It was really helpful; I was in counseling for a year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s when you know you really need it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m going to watch your kids. Now, go! You <em>need<\/em> to go to counseling.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, we talk about Courtney\u2019s book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. You are <em>learning<\/em> how to feel again\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and how to process all these feelings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> How to process\u2014right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> A counselor can help with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> They can. I needed to rehearse in my mind the circumstances and rehearse that it didn\u2019t end in my worst nightmare. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is helpful about Psalm 88 is: I once heard a Psalms scholar say that the Psalms often have a resolution of trust. Most of them start with a cry to the Lord; then you move through this pattern, and they eventually end in trust; but Psalm 88 doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s really helpful for people; because he said, \u201cWe don\u2019t often know when that trust came.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was a poem\u2014it was written\u2014and we don\u2019t know if it was written in an afternoon or if it was written over a period of a few years. We put an unnecessary time table on people to come to the conclusion that: \u201cI\u2019ve poured out my heart to the Lord; and I, therefore, am going to get up and trust Him,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going to say I trust Him.\u201d I think that\u2019s helpful that it doesn\u2019t end with the trust there; but I also think what\u2019s <em>really<\/em> helpful is that, kind of like I said previously, is that we often pour our complaints out to everybody else\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014but the fact that he keeps going back to God shows that he hasn\u2019t given up that God is trustworthy. He just can\u2019t see how God is trustworthy; but He is, at least, going <em>to<\/em> God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor anyone, who struggling with feeling rightly or struggling with anxiety\u2014not clinical anxiety\u2014but general run-of-the-mill: \u201cThis is a scary situation,\u201d type of thing; or depression; or just dealing with trauma, or stress, or marital strife, or whatever\u2014God has given us language to cry out to Him. He is a trustworthy friend, and He will not abandon us. He will listen and turn His ear toward us, even if we don\u2019t come to that trust right then at the end of it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I think\u2014you know, like you said\u2014when you walk through the Psalms, it\u2019s sort of like going to small group for the first time. At our church, we always say, \u201cSunday morning is not going to change your life; you need to get connected with other people.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When they do, usually, you hear something like, \u201cWow! I went to this group, and I sat in this living room; and people struggle just like me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So when you pick up the book of Psalms, you find that; you\u2019re like, \u201cWow; this is a biblical writer complaining, angry, lamenting, struggling. I\u2019ve done that; it\u2019s okay.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Like you said, many times, you get to the end, and they are like, \u201cThere is hope.\u201d They do still trust; but again, you don\u2019t know if that was written in an afternoon or several years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> But it leads you to go, \u201cOkay; I can be honest and real. There is a God who hears. There is a God that is there; and I can trust Him, even if I don\u2019t know the resolution of my situation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. What is helpful about Psalm 88 is it tells us who wrote it. He is listed elsewhere\u2014I can\u2019t remember if it is in\u2014Chronicles\/1 or 2 Chronicles or 1 or 2 Kings\u2014but he is listed elsewhere as a godly man in the priesthood of the singers, so we know he is known for being a godly man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And he loves God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> And he loves God; but everybody has low points. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Everybody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it is okay to lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That\u2019s what you are saying: it\u2019s <em>healthy<\/em> to lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Most of the Psalms are lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, we started talking about how I don\u2019t <em>feel<\/em>; but I actually <em>do<\/em> feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You <em>totally<\/em> feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I can remember I was alone\u2014you were downstairs\u2014I was in bed. The next morning I had to get up early and go to the hospital for back surgery. I had gone in a year previously for this same back surgery. They sent me home, saying, \u201cYou are healed.\u201d It\u2019s a long story\u2014listeners have heard that story, because it was pretty amazing\u2014I thought I had a New Testament miracle, and I did; but a year later, I\u2019ve got to have this surgery. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had sciatica for all these months, and it was really bad. I did what I should have <em>never<\/em> have done that day. I went online and <em>watched<\/em> a back surgery. [Laughter] It scared me to <em>death<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014with these tools, and drills, and saws. I am lying in bed that night; Ann hadn\u2019t come up, and we had to get up early to go to the hospital. All I know is I was so <em>gripped<\/em> with fear;\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014it just <em>flooded<\/em> over me. I\u2019m lying there all by myself. I just\u2014I mean, I was like, \u201cI am cancelling! I\u2019m not going in! Some guy is going to be poking around my nerve, and I could be paralyzed,\u201d\u2014all of these things come into your head. I was so\u2014and I am not a fearful guy\u2014am I? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Generally, I\u2019m like, \u201cLet\u2019s go for it. Let\u2019s take it\u201d; but I\u2019m like I\u2019m paralyzed. I\u2019m just lying there, like gripped. The only thing I need to do was read a Psalm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I was like: \u201cI want to read a Psalm\u201d; because they emote. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t know what to read, and I don\u2019t know why I turned to Psalm 34. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, yes! Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s one of my favorites. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I love that one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Me too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> My boys and I have memorized it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014or, at least, the first part of it; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I memorized for a while that night because it just <em>ministered<\/em> to me. It says\/David wrote this: \u201cI sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.\u201d I\u2019m lying there, going, \u201cOkay, this is what I needed to be reminded of.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cThose who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers him.\u201d I could keep going: \u201cTaste and see that the Lord is good.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I can just remember lying there, and just looking up and going, \u201cOkay, You\u2019ve got this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know what I said? This sounds corny; I literally said, \u201cYou\u2019ve got my back.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember you said that to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Truer words were never spoken! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Literally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sure enough, He did. The Word of God through a Psalm, like you\u2019ve written, that allowed me to feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Courtney, I am thinking of all the people, who are listening\u2014especially, moms: maybe nursing, maybe just frazzled with their kids, maybe they are working or staying at home\u2014but I <em>love<\/em> what you said; you talked about going to God first. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It is really easy for us, as women, to call a friend\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014because our friends will sympathize with us, and they\u2019ll kind of get right on there\u2014or call a mom or a sister. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember being a young mom, hearing that for the first time, thinking, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m not going to call my friends first or text a friend. I am going to go to God first.\u201d It changed <em>everything<\/em>, to the point where I am just pouring out my heart, as the Psalms do\/pouring out my heart to God and asking Him: \u201cI need You,\u201d \u201cI need You to speak to me,\u201d \u201cI need You to help me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> He does. I think when we go to Him, He is like, \u201cThere you are! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cI am with you. I will help you. I hear you. I see you.\u201d I think that is just a <em>great<\/em> reminder. And I love that you\u2019ve given us permission to <em>feel<\/em>, and you\u2019re helping us learn how to feel <em>through<\/em> God\u2019s Word. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Jesus is the One who gave the invitation. He is the One who said: \u201cCome to Me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you peace,\u201d \u201cTake My yoke upon you. My burden is light; My yoke is easy.\u201d I think all of us, in a culture that is routinely stirring us emotionally, need to remember where we go with that\/where we take our troubled soul. We take it to Jesus, and we reprioritize our lives so we are focused on seeking first the kingdom and His righteousness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDave and Ann Wilson have been talking with Courtney Reissig today about how we deal with overflowing emotion. Courtney has written a book called <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. It is a book that looks at how the Psalms help us know what to do with our emotions. It\u2019s a book we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to request your copy of Courtney Reissig\u2019s book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. Again, it\u2019s available online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call if you\u2019d like to order by phone. The number is 1-800-358-6329; 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m old enough to remember the days when you would hear something on the radio, and you would think, \u201cOh, I need to hear that again,\u201d or \u201cOh, I need to share that with somebody.\u201d You would then call or write and order cassette tapes so that you could pass those along to your friends or have that in your cassette tape library. I am grateful for the fact that, when you hear something that you want to hear again, or pass along to someone now, you can point that person to: our website, FamilyLifeToday.com; point them to the FamilyLife mobile app; or tell them to go wherever they get podcasts and listen to a series from <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEvery day, we are touching hundreds of thousands of lives through this program, on our website, through our resources and our events. You make that possible when you support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thank you to those of you who support this ministry on an ongoing basis. If you are a long-time listener, join the team. Help extend the reach of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Help us help more couples\/more families with practical biblical help and hope. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen you make a donation today, we\u2019d love to send you, as a thank-you gift, Sean McDowell\u2019s book, <em>Chasing Love<\/em>, all about how we think rightly\/think biblically about issues related to love, marriage, and sexuality. That book is our thank-you gift to you when you support the ministry of FamilyLife with a donation today. You can do that online at FamilyLifeToday.com, or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to donate. Again, thanks for your support and your partnership with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe hope you can be back with us, again, tomorrow when we are going to hear Courtney Reissig\u2019s story about how she almost died in the midst of one of her pregnancies. We\u2019ll hear how God ministered to her through the Psalms in the midst of her distress. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOn behalf of our hosts, Dave and Ann Wilson, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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He looks over and goes, \u201cYou\u2019re seriously crying at <em>Firehouse Dogs<\/em>?!\u201d It\u2019s this little dog that lived in the firehouse and got lost, and they find him at the end. I\u2019m over there, tearing up. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So he does that; but in real life, you <em>seldom<\/em> cry. That\u2019s the thing that we\u2019re like, \u201cWhy is that?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Are you asking? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes; kind of. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I have no idea. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I\u2019m Ann Wilson.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> And I\u2019m Dave Wilson, and you can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com or on our FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> app.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know; it\u2019s a joke. I cry in the movie theater in the dark; and I have a hard time <em>feeling<\/em> in life, which is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Somewhere, you shut down those feelings. Maybe, we\u2019ll bring Ron Deal in and have another counseling session. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Ron can come back in and counsel me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo I need to learn how to <em>feel<\/em>. We\u2019ve got the person who can help me learn how to feel; right, Courtney? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I hope so; maybe! [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Well, welcome, Courtney Reissig, to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Glad to have you here with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Thanks for having me. I\u2019m glad to be here. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You wrote a book called <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> She wrote it just for me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Just for you; yes. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Just for me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And Courtney is the managing director at Risen Motherhood. She is the author of <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em> and <em>Glory in the Ordinary<\/em>. Courtney, how many years have you been married to Daniel? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Twelve years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Daniel is from our hometown. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> He is! Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> A lot of people are from Findlay, Ohio; but Daniel is. He knows about Wilson\u2019s Hamburgers,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014Dietsch Ice Cream. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014which is no connection to us\u2014and the greatest ice cream in the world, Dietsch\u2019s. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And you have four sons. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> How old are they? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Eight, eight, almost six, and almost four. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> So you had twin boys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And now, you have <em>four<\/em> boys. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I do. My third son looks\u2014is about the same size as my twins\u2014so they look like triplets. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Oh, wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWell, let\u2019s talk about <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>, which the subtitle is <em>Worshipping Through the Psalms in Every Season of Life<\/em>. I <em>love<\/em> how you start the book, because you\u2019re talking about this time you go to the hospital. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You\u2019re pregnant. Tell us what happened because you ended up staying there a little longer than you thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; I had a placental abruption with my fourth son, which is a life-threatening pregnancy complication. I was 33 weeks pregnant when I went into the hospital and thought, at first maybe, like my appendix had ruptured\u2014which would have been preferable at the time to having a placental abruption\u2014because if my appendix had ruptured, I would have been home in the next few days. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tInstead, I was in the hospital for three weeks; and I was on monitors\/on continuous monitoring. I couldn\u2019t take care of my other children. My husband couldn\u2019t go home and take care of them, because we were\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Wow! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014it was very touch-and-go crisis situation\u2014where even the doctors didn\u2019t want <em>him<\/em> going home. They thought, if he went home, that potentially I would have to go into OR immediately; and he wouldn\u2019t even be there for the birth. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You\u2019re saying this was life-threatening, not only for the baby, but for <em>you<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; so placental abruption is\u2014mine was a partial abruption\u2014but a full abruption gives you about five to ten minutes to save the baby and about fifteen minutes to save the mom, because you bleed to death. A lot of abruptions are what are called silent abruptions, where you can\u2019t always feel them; and you can\u2019t see them. You can\u2019t see them on an ultrasound ever; and if you\u2019re not bleeding, there is no real indication that it is happening. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMine was pain; so at least, they knew something was going on. The pain was a good indicator, but we couldn\u2019t\/we just didn\u2019t know. The monitoring was a good indicator of how well Ben was faring. He wasn\u2019t faring well when I was having pain and when I was having contractions. Then, there was a period of time when I couldn\u2019t even leave my hospital room. For me, I just couldn\u2019t\u2014if anyone\u2019s ever been in a health crisis, you can\u2019t always gather your thoughts to do anything\u2014so for me, I was in this constant state of panic of: \u201cAre things going to be okay today?\u201d I was always worried about my children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had my Bible, so I just read the Psalms. In God\u2019s kindness, I had studied the Psalms prior to that in a Bible study that whole year prior, and had really grown to understand how God had orchestrated putting them together, what their intended purpose was for in the canon of Scripture but then, also, for God\u2019s people. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Share a little bit of that with us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Ann:<\/strong> What did you learn? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; so the Psalms\u2014they were Israel\u2019s hymn book\u2014they were Israel\u2019s songs that they sang. They were Israel\u2019s songs that they sang during exile. What is interesting about how they are put together\u2014there are five books of them\u2014each book has its own kind of tone. The first couple of books are heavier in tone in that there is a lot of lament and a lot of sorrow. Then it gets more hopeful as the books\u2014and book three is really dark\u2014and then it gets more hopeful as it goes on. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThat really tells the story of the Christian life: is that, while we live through a lot of difficulty and a lot of hardship, where we are ultimately headed is hopefulness; because we know the end of the story. Psalm 1 tells us, by meditating on God\u2019s Word day and night, you will be like a tree planted by streams of water, which means you are going to grow and flourish, even in the midst of a lot of difficulty; because you have roots that dig down deep to the nourishment of water, which we know in Scripture is often used to talk about the way that God nourishes us. So then Psalm 2 tells us the end result with the King: there is going to be a King, who is going to rule and reign rightly over all things. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat I found is that all that leg work on the backend, when things were going well in my life\u2014where I studied the Word and I put in the hard work of meditating on God\u2019s Word\u2014I was able to reap the benefit of that in a really, really hard time when I couldn\u2019t do a whole lot of study. I could just read like a psalm or two here or there. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Take us back to the bed\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014when you are in there. You had to be <em>so<\/em> worried. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I <em>was<\/em> really worried. Any type of traumatic situation, you are not really able to process how you <em>feel<\/em> in that moment. For me, I found in the hospital that, when I would read of people crying out to God\u2014or like in Psalm 27: \u201cI believe I will look on the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living,\u201d\u2014I wanted to believe that I would see God\u2019s goodness. Not only did I find prayers to pray back to God, but I also found familiar friends that I was like, \u201cI\u2019m not the first person who has been in so much distress about whether or not my life is going to be delivered.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI found what was comforting to me was that it was almost as if God was showing me, through His Word, that: \u201cI hear you. I know\/I know that this world is broken and hard. And I <em>know<\/em> it\u2019s really difficult; and I <em>know<\/em> you are terrified; but I am here to hear your prayers. I\u2019m here to hear your cries for help; I am here to hear your anxiety and your fear; and I am ready and willing to sustain you while you are waiting.\u201d For me, that was really <em>hopeful<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI have been in situations before\u2014I talk about this in the book because, well\u2014we\u2019ve had a lot of medical crises in our family. My twins were born eight weeks premature, so they were in the hospital. I mean, twins are just hard in general; so it was just a really hard year when they were born. I <em>didn\u2019t<\/em> read my Bible, really <em>ever<\/em>; that bore bitter fruit in my life. My husband would try to encourage me, like, \u201cMaybe, you could listen to the Bible.\u201d I would watch TV shows on my phone <em>instead<\/em>, so I went to the <em>exact<\/em> opposite. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You are talking to so many moms right now\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014that are just\/you are just <em>worn<\/em> <em>out<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It\u2019s not wrong to watch a TV show when you\u2019re feeding your babies. There is no verse that\u2014but for me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Unless you\u2019re watching like a horror movie or something. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right; right; sure. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You are saying you didn\u2019t produce much fruit from that? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I did produce fruit; it produced <em>bitter<\/em> fruit. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t have any perspective. The Lord was kind to give me a do-over and to allow me to see that pouring the Word into my life was going to reap fruit\u2014even if my circumstances were really scary and hard\u2014but that God was going to sustain me through the Word. For me, that is the message of Psalm 1\u2014and for so many people who can see the Lord do that in their life\u2014is that what you pour in is what is going to come out when it is hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I know that as 2020 started, over a year ago\u2014every year, January 1\u2014I\u2019m like, \u201cOkay, what do I want to read this year in the Bible?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sometimes, it\u2019s the one-year Bible. She\u2019s [Ann\u2019s] gone through the one-year like 17 years in a row\u2014I\u2019m bragging on my wife right now\u2014she\u2019s just like\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI decided, not knowing COVID is coming\u2014guess what I decided to do?\u2014\u201cI\u2019m going to read the book of Psalms this year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, good! Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cThere are 150 of them. I\u2019m not going to be in a hurry. If I take Psalm 1\u2014it takes two or three days; I don\u2019t care\u2014I\u2019m just going to sit there.\u201d You talk about a <em>great<\/em> book, not knowing at that moment,\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014to be reading during COVID. Like you write in the book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>, there is so much emotion, and feeling, and struggle. David and others are like: \u201cWhere are You?\u201d \u201cWhat is going on? How long?\u201d We\u2019re in February, March, April\u2014you remember\u2014\u201cFifteen Days to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014\u201cStop the spread.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I mean, that is where we started in February; and we all sort of believed that. Then we\u2019re in May, and here we are. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I\u2019m still in the book of Psalms, and I got <em>excited<\/em> every day. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Praise the Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> It\u2019s like: \u201cOkay; I\u2019m not going anywhere. I\u2019m going to wear sweats all day and no shoes, and I get to read the Psalms,\u201d which is going to be emotive. And here is a guy, who doesn\u2019t feel real good; so it was a tool\/a vehicle to be able to feel and take the emotions they were feeling and connect to them to the life-stage I was in\/we were all in. I had no idea, starting the year, the book of Psalms would be that critical to getting through COVID. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I think that is God\u2019s Word. I am <em>amazed<\/em> of how God\u2019s Word changes our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> When you read, you identify, like: \u201cI have been through that; God is faithful.\u201d It is such a good reminder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m relating to your story, too, because all of our sons were put in NICU when they were born. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; it is <em>so<\/em> hard. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I will never forget\u2014yes\u2014after the first one, they said\u2014he had a really traumatic birth\u2014and they said, \u201cWe think he has a skull fracture. We\u2019re doing all kinds of tests.\u201d I remember being in that hospital room\u2014and I am thinking of listeners, who have been in hospital rooms, filled with fear\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014or even going through a marriage situation, where you are just filled with fear and anxiety. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Right; and you <em>don\u2019t<\/em> know the future. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember I had my Bible with me, and I pulled it out. Dave was out of the room. I wish I could remember the Psalm. It was a Psalm that I read, too; and I felt like God was asking me, \u201cAnn, you can trust Me.\u201d Then I also felt like I had this pressing on my soul that was almost as if He was asking, \u201cCan I surrender this child to Him?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> What we want to do in our lives is take control\u2014like: \u201cI\u2019m going to work this out,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m going to figure this out,\u201d\u2014whether it be our marriage, our kids, our work situation; and God is asking us, \u201cCan you trust Me and give it to Me?\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It was <em>so<\/em> crazy. I wrote this book prior to anything happening with COVID, obviously. The book was written the summer before; and it came out on January 1, 2020. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Wow. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It\u2019s just so crazy; because it took on a new meaning when we\u2014with everything that happened last year: and all of the unrest, and all of the difficulty, and all of the\u2014so many things of when you are crying out for justice, the Psalms can speak to that. What is so helpful to me about the Psalms, also, is so often I take my complaints to somebody else. I mean, we go to other people; or I take my complaints to my husband; or I voice them out on the internet. The Psalms are telling us it\u2019s okay to have these feelings, but to direct them to the only One who can do anything about it, not just to throw it out into the void. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo for me, the Psalms were really helpful in those moments when I came home from the hospital. I had these really overwhelming feelings of: \u201cI have <em>no<\/em> control over anything.\u201d The Psalms helped me\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Is there one that really kind of met you? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes, when I felt really low with depression, Psalm 88 was really helpful; because Psalm 88 has no resolution. It just kind of ends with darkness, where: \u201cDarkness is my only friend.\u201d If you just read Psalm 88 out loud\u2014I read it out loud in an interview I did one time\u2014and I was like, \u201cIf your friend sat across from you and said that to you, like what would you do? It would be a little bit hard.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I am going to read it. I want you to tell me some of your feelings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Okay. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Teach us to feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Okay; I will. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cO Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night. Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry. For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near. I am as good as dead, like a strong man with no strength left. They have left me among the dead, and I lie like a corpse in a grave. I am forgotten\u2026.\u201d\u2014it keeps going. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> It keeps going; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> But talk about just that part. When you read that, did you think, \u201cI feel like that\u201d? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; for me, I felt forgotten. I mean, this isn\u2019t true; but I would feel like, \u201cEveryone\u2019s life has moved on.\u201d I think sometimes people\u2014for me, on the outside, I <em>looked<\/em> like a normal person\u2014I had brought my baby home. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And you should be thankful and grateful. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I should be thankful and grateful. I had a lot of physical ramifications; it was just a really hard recovery for me. The trauma and stress of it just put an abnormal amount of stress on my body; my body just like revolted against me countless times. Because now I\u2019m almost four years removed from it, so I\u2019m able to look back and be like, \u201cThere were so many things going on.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI did get counseling eventually. I had a really good friend, who showed me that I wasn\u2019t forgotten. I had made an appointment multiple times; I kept cancelling it because it just felt impossible to go. She was like, \u201cI\u2019m going to watch your children, and you are going to go to counseling.\u201d It was really helpful; I was in counseling for a year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> That\u2019s when you know you really need it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m going to watch your kids. Now, go! You <em>need<\/em> to go to counseling.\u201d [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Well, we talk about Courtney\u2019s book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. You are <em>learning<\/em> how to feel again\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014and how to process all these feelings. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> How to process\u2014right; right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> A counselor can help with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> They can. I needed to rehearse in my mind the circumstances and rehearse that it didn\u2019t end in my worst nightmare. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is helpful about Psalm 88 is: I once heard a Psalms scholar say that the Psalms often have a resolution of trust. Most of them start with a cry to the Lord; then you move through this pattern, and they eventually end in trust; but Psalm 88 doesn\u2019t. That\u2019s really helpful for people; because he said, \u201cWe don\u2019t often know when that trust came.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt was a poem\u2014it was written\u2014and we don\u2019t know if it was written in an afternoon or if it was written over a period of a few years. We put an unnecessary time table on people to come to the conclusion that: \u201cI\u2019ve poured out my heart to the Lord; and I, therefore, am going to get up and trust Him,\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m going to say I trust Him.\u201d I think that\u2019s helpful that it doesn\u2019t end with the trust there; but I also think what\u2019s <em>really<\/em> helpful is that, kind of like I said previously, is that we often pour our complaints out to everybody else\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014but the fact that he keeps going back to God shows that he hasn\u2019t given up that God is trustworthy. He just can\u2019t see how God is trustworthy; but He is, at least, going <em>to<\/em> God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFor anyone, who struggling with feeling rightly or struggling with anxiety\u2014not clinical anxiety\u2014but general run-of-the-mill: \u201cThis is a scary situation,\u201d type of thing; or depression; or just dealing with trauma, or stress, or marital strife, or whatever\u2014God has given us language to cry out to Him. He is a trustworthy friend, and He will not abandon us. He will listen and turn His ear toward us, even if we don\u2019t come to that trust right then at the end of it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I think\u2014you know, like you said\u2014when you walk through the Psalms, it\u2019s sort of like going to small group for the first time. At our church, we always say, \u201cSunday morning is not going to change your life; you need to get connected with other people.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> When they do, usually, you hear something like, \u201cWow! I went to this group, and I sat in this living room; and people struggle just like me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> So when you pick up the book of Psalms, you find that; you\u2019re like, \u201cWow; this is a biblical writer complaining, angry, lamenting, struggling. I\u2019ve done that; it\u2019s okay.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Like you said, many times, you get to the end, and they are like, \u201cThere is hope.\u201d They do still trust; but again, you don\u2019t know if that was written in an afternoon or several years. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> But it leads you to go, \u201cOkay; I can be honest and real. There is a God who hears. There is a God that is there; and I can trust Him, even if I don\u2019t know the resolution of my situation.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. What is helpful about Psalm 88 is it tells us who wrote it. He is listed elsewhere\u2014I can\u2019t remember if it is in\u2014Chronicles\/1 or 2 Chronicles or 1 or 2 Kings\u2014but he is listed elsewhere as a godly man in the priesthood of the singers, so we know he is known for being a godly man. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And he loves God. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> And he loves God; but everybody has low points. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Everybody. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> And it is okay to lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> That\u2019s what you are saying: it\u2019s <em>healthy<\/em> to lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Most of the Psalms are lament. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know, we started talking about how I don\u2019t <em>feel<\/em>; but I actually <em>do<\/em> feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> You <em>totally<\/em> feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I can remember I was alone\u2014you were downstairs\u2014I was in bed. The next morning I had to get up early and go to the hospital for back surgery. I had gone in a year previously for this same back surgery. They sent me home, saying, \u201cYou are healed.\u201d It\u2019s a long story\u2014listeners have heard that story, because it was pretty amazing\u2014I thought I had a New Testament miracle, and I did; but a year later, I\u2019ve got to have this surgery. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI had sciatica for all these months, and it was really bad. I did what I should have <em>never<\/em> have done that day. I went online and <em>watched<\/em> a back surgery. [Laughter] It scared me to <em>death<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014with these tools, and drills, and saws. I am lying in bed that night; Ann hadn\u2019t come up, and we had to get up early to go to the hospital. All I know is I was so <em>gripped<\/em> with fear;\u2014 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u2014it just <em>flooded<\/em> over me. I\u2019m lying there all by myself. I just\u2014I mean, I was like, \u201cI am cancelling! I\u2019m not going in! Some guy is going to be poking around my nerve, and I could be paralyzed,\u201d\u2014all of these things come into your head. I was so\u2014and I am not a fearful guy\u2014am I? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> No. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Generally, I\u2019m like, \u201cLet\u2019s go for it. Let\u2019s take it\u201d; but I\u2019m like I\u2019m paralyzed. I\u2019m just lying there, like gripped. The only thing I need to do was read a Psalm. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I was like: \u201cI want to read a Psalm\u201d; because they emote. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t know what to read, and I don\u2019t know why I turned to Psalm 34. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, yes! Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It\u2019s one of my favorites. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> I love that one. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Me too. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> My boys and I have memorized it\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Really? \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> \u2014or, at least, the first part of it; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Yes; I memorized for a while that night because it just <em>ministered<\/em> to me. It says\/David wrote this: \u201cI sought the Lord, and He answered me and delivered me from all my fears.\u201d I\u2019m lying there, going, \u201cOkay, this is what I needed to be reminded of.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> \u201cThose who look to Him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and delivers him.\u201d I could keep going: \u201cTaste and see that the Lord is good.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes; yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> I can just remember lying there, and just looking up and going, \u201cOkay, You\u2019ve got this.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> You know what I said? This sounds corny; I literally said, \u201cYou\u2019ve got my back.\u201d [Laughter] \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember you said that to me. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Truer words were never spoken! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Exactly. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Literally. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dave:<\/strong> Sure enough, He did. The Word of God through a Psalm, like you\u2019ve written, that allowed me to feel. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> Courtney, I am thinking of all the people, who are listening\u2014especially, moms: maybe nursing, maybe just frazzled with their kids, maybe they are working or staying at home\u2014but I <em>love<\/em> what you said; you talked about going to God first. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> It is really easy for us, as women, to call a friend\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u2014because our friends will sympathize with us, and they\u2019ll kind of get right on there\u2014or call a mom or a sister. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> I remember being a young mom, hearing that for the first time, thinking, \u201cOkay, I\u2019m not going to call my friends first or text a friend. I am going to go to God first.\u201d It changed <em>everything<\/em>, to the point where I am just pouring out my heart, as the Psalms do\/pouring out my heart to God and asking Him: \u201cI need You,\u201d \u201cI need You to speak to me,\u201d \u201cI need You to help me.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> He does. I think when we go to Him, He is like, \u201cThere you are! \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Courtney:<\/strong> Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Ann:<\/strong> \u201cI am with you. I will help you. I hear you. I see you.\u201d I think that is just a <em>great<\/em> reminder. And I love that you\u2019ve given us permission to <em>feel<\/em>, and you\u2019re helping us learn how to feel <em>through<\/em> God\u2019s Word. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Jesus is the One who gave the invitation. He is the One who said: \u201cCome to Me all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you peace,\u201d \u201cTake My yoke upon you. My burden is light; My yoke is easy.\u201d I think all of us, in a culture that is routinely stirring us emotionally, need to remember where we go with that\/where we take our troubled soul. We take it to Jesus, and we reprioritize our lives so we are focused on seeking first the kingdom and His righteousness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tDave and Ann Wilson have been talking with Courtney Reissig today about how we deal with overflowing emotion. Courtney has written a book called <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. It is a book that looks at how the Psalms help us know what to do with our emotions. It\u2019s a book we\u2019ve got in our <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> Resource Center. You can go online at FamilyLifeToday.com or call 1-800-FL-TODAY to request your copy of Courtney Reissig\u2019s book, <em>Teach Me to Feel<\/em>. Again, it\u2019s available online at FamilyLifeToday.com; or you can call if you\u2019d like to order by phone. The number is 1-800-358-6329; 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m old enough to remember the days when you would hear something on the radio, and you would think, \u201cOh, I need to hear that again,\u201d or \u201cOh, I need to share that with somebody.\u201d You would then call or write and order cassette tapes so that you could pass those along to your friends or have that in your cassette tape library. 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