Wow. 2011 has been tough. This week has been hard enough on its own.
Family members losing jobs. Friends losing family. People lying in hospital beds. Broken relationships. Beautiful people fighting depression and addiction. That is what has been happening all around me.
And in spite of all of the struggling and pain I have seen in the last eleven months, I have seen so much beauty through it all.
Babies being born and learning to walk. People overcoming their vices. Healing. Faith in spite of fear. Love reaching through brokenness. Restoration. Redemption. Freedom from pain. Peace.
It’s amazing to me. Our hearts are constantly being broken and put back together. And it can seem like too much, but somehow things always find a way of turning back toward the light again. Somehow, we overcome. God brings us through. And He is the reason I keep moving and trusting and hoping and loving.
And I am being reminded of a verse I’ve been repeating to myself through all of these hard things:
“I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” -Psalm 27:13-14
And you know…I think I am already seeing His goodness. Something in me knows everything is gonna be okay.
