Finding Jesus in the Storm: A Devotional for Those Living With Psychosis and SchizophreniaSample

When Reality Feels Slippery

Reality is not always stable. At times, the world feels close, solid, and trustworthy; at other times, it can seem distant, unfamiliar, and strange. Thoughts may race uncontrollably or slow to a crawl. Time itself can feel stretched or compressed. Even familiar faces may appear unfamiliar. In such moments, the world becomes unpredictable, and unpredictability breeds fear. Yet faith has never depended on perfect clarity or absolute certainty. As Scripture reminds us, we see through a glass, darkly. None of us perceive the world, God, or even ourselves with complete transparency. For those of us experiencing psychosis, this fragility of perception may be intensified, its disorientation more acute. But it is not alien to the God who became flesh. In Jesus, God enters fully into the vulnerability of human perception, the limits of sight, the confusion of thought, the ache of disconnection. The incarnation is not the story of God observing confusion from a safe distance; it is the story of God entering confusion, inhabiting its disarray, and refusing to abandon those who struggle within it. Faith, therefore, is not the opposite of confusion. It is the decision to keep moving, to trust, to hope, to reach out even when clarity fails. And it is never a journey taken alone.

When everything feels slippery or strange, what, even if small, helps you feel held?