Filter your pain through the brevity of this life and the unending beauty of the next.
Be quick to pray. Stop talking to yourself. Talk to Christ.
Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.
God is near whether you sense His presence or not.
When it comes to Christ, you've got to do the same. Call him crazy, or crown him as king. Dismiss him as a fraud, or declare him to be God. Walk away from him, or bow before him, but don't play games with him.
Live in such a way that you would not have to change your plans.