If It Matters to You, It Matters to Him 

If you’ve ever wondered if God cares about your emotions, think about this: God invented feelings. And did you know that God himself is deeply emotional? Feelings are not a bad thing—in fact, when we feel deeply, we echo the heartbeat of our Father in heaven! 

Take a look at this description of God the Father:

As high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his love for those who fear him;

as far as the east is from the west,

so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

As a father has compassion on his children,

so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.

Psalm 103:11-13

God loves wild and big just like we do! And check out that line near the end: “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.” Do you grasp what a wondrous, mind-blowing truth that is? The almighty God, Maker of heaven and earth, has compassion on you. In other words, He cares about your feelings, He cares when you’re happy, He cares when you’re stressed. He cares when you’re lonely or overwhelmed or insecure.

Did you know God counts your tears and holds them in his hands? The Psalms put it this way:

You keep track of all my sorrows.

You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

You have recorded each one in your book.

Psalm 56:8, NLT

But He doesn’t stop there. God doesn’t just care about your feelings and tears; He invites you to talk to Him about them—and I mean all your feelings, even the not-so-righteous ones. Even the embarrassing ones. The book of Psalms is filled with examples of emotional people talking to God about their true feelings— raw feelings, desperate feelings, sometimes even sinful feelings—in prayer.

You and I can do the same. That problem you’re having with friends? That issue with your mom? That secret temptation you don’t know how to talk about? God invites you to talk to Him about all of it. He loves the real you—the you with no makeup, no filters, and no retakes. He longs to hear from you—and help you—wherever you are. If it matters to you, it matters to Him—so go ahead, tell Him what you’re feeling.