We are all broken, yes, ALL!
I think we can all relate to the challenges in life that can leave us feeling crushed, broken, defeated, unworthy of love or happiness. But too often, we don’t allow ourselves to sit in our “feelings/emotions” long enough to analyze them, and be humbled by them, and then make a difference with that pain, to produce something positive.
When I say I “Feel your pain” or I “understand what the darkest of dark places in life look like”, I am sincere. Too often, those of us who truly want to do good in this world, who are strong, and committed to make change, will be the hardest to fall.
You ask why is that? it is very simple: it is the long standing spiritual warfare between God and Satan. If you are a threat to Satan, and desire to live a life shining a bright light on goodness, you are a threat! He will find your weakest points, and he will pull you into his darkness. And boy does it get dark there!
However, our God loves us so incredibly well, and so unconditionally, that He will never stop opening doors and windows, and shining his beautiful bright light and love into our lives. No matter HOW DARK, or how far from him we may be.
Through my own destruction and pain, I know God was allowing me to become humble, and broken, so that I could stop relying on myself and start depending on Him. This, my friend, is where the Faith comes in. At no point, did I ever question whether God loved me, and I made the choice to hold tight to my faith in Him, which ultimately lead me to FREEDOM!
Does that mean that daily I don’t struggle with insecurities, or sadness at how certain relationships or areas of my life can still cause tremendous sadness and pain? of course not! We are all human, we all experience a very wide range of emotions. But learning what our different emotions are trying to tell us, and then addressing those emotions with tools you can learn to master, will be the key to finding joy in every season.
Welcome to my blog, and I look so forward to building a safe place for us to share joy, grief, disappointments, failures, victories, broken relationships, marriages, families, and even how broken countries impact our daily lives. They say the “Proof is in the pudding”…. well I say that “Freedom is in our Faith”.
