Journey Day 23

There are so many verses in the bible about brokenness, and what God does when we are broken. Job 5:18 says, "For he wounds, but he binds up, he shatters, but his hands heal." When I read this verse there is a beautiful picture that is painted in my head. I see a broken person on the ground, obviously distressed, and then I see God scoop them up in his hands and just cover them. He covers them from the stress, and pain of their life, and shows them his love. He binds up their wounds and heals their every pain. But he also knows that sometimes pain is the only way to get our attention, it's the only way we will remember who we need to turn to, and who can save us! And then in Matthew 5:4 it says, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." We are reminded that we have a special privilege and promise, that when we are sad or heartbroken, the creator of the universe is right there, to take our side and dry our eyes. Often we are so short sighted, and we can't see beyond our pain to what God has planned! I to am guilty of this, I allow myself to get caught up in the pain, and sometimes even wallow around in it, throwing a good ol pity party, and then, suddenly out of nowhere, there is a whisper, "Watch me and be amazed." And there, in that moment, I am reminded that God's plan is bigger and better then I can even fathom, and even though I can't see it yet, there is a reason for hurt, there is a reason for heartbreak, and there is a reason for every desert God brings us through. And the best part is that God is holding our hand through all of it, reminding us day by day that he is there, and that he is control. It's so refreshing and freeing, when you know that everything is going to be ok, simply because Jesus is there, and he is ready and willing to use you, a flawed heartbroken human, to bring people to his Kingdom. The most encouraging thing in my life, and in my journey is that God is going to use me, that I get to be his hands and his feet, and that while I'm single I am able to be completely devoted to him! And he will continue to dry my every tear, and heal my every wound. Blessed be his name!!!!