One Habit That Helped Me Stay Sane in My Darkest Days

Out of Neutral | Grace Baptist Church · Sep 3, 2025 · 4m

One Habit That Helped Me Stay Sane in My Darkest Days Paul Sadler

Serving as a missionary in Japan was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I also experienced some of my greatest trials, however. The isolation, rejection, and spiritual darkness were real. Projects I poured energy into failed. People I invested time in walked away. And sometimes people, in their brokenness, said and did some cruel things. One of the habits that sustained me, surprisingly, was the discipline of writing a regular prayer letter. The elements that made that so restorative for me could help anyone looking for…