restoration.

pieces of you - your life - may be missing ..
may always be missing ..
the next step unclear ..
unstable ..
as if in dank fog.

hearts break for :
*what happened
*what didn't happen
*a relationship lost
*a longing
*loneliness
*misunderstanding(s)
*confusion
*a medical report
*a marriage troubled
*loss of job
*loss of remaining time
*regret
*shame
*death unexpected
*death foreseen
or:
* ___________ {fill in the blank}

most of us have been in dire personal
situations.. i'm not talking having a headache
through the night or a bothersome hangnail
by day. i'm talking trauma. the kind of trauma
that finds you prone on the floor and if not
the floor then certainly your knees.
and while there's a time for that floor or knee effort -
ohhh most definitely!
there's also a time for standing..
and that time is not defined by anyone else's
schedule or expectation.
that's between you and God.
so take that necessary time be it days, weeks,
months, or even years as in my case...
and perhaps continuing on as God sees fit,
for do we really ever find ourselves as having arrived?
your identity and how
to navigate the unsettled periods are God led,
provided you've been and continue
surrendering your all in all to a holy Lord.
and if you haven't been surrendering,
please do so soon if not now. today.
life is but a whisper in time.
make the most of it in the present.
healing. healed.
the new normal.
the new you.
simply put. ♥

be reminded that
HE who began a good work in you
will continue right up until the day of
his return {philippians 1:6} :::::
creating fresh ..
giving reason to wake ..
to stay alive ..

a new way of living once thought
impossible in the face of distress ..

this morning i'm
humbled by his grace,

as i seek to glorify his name

and bring honor to him who

sits on the throne.

he alone is worthy. ♥

if you have a pulse,

he has purpose
to continue

a precious work

in your heart ..

in your life ..
and that my friend is divine reconstruction..
sometimes this tumble & turn appears as destruction
while he conducts that deep work
in the nooks and crannies your lacerated heart. ♥
people won't understand.
and really - it's not theirs to understand,
for this is between you and Jesus.

he may not change the situation
but he can change your response to
the situation.

"come, and let us return to the Lord;
for He has torn, but He will heal us.
He has stricken, but He will bind us up."
Hosea 6:1

"so you, by the help of your God, return;
observe mercy and justice,
and wait on your God continually."
Hosea 12:6

"do the next thing."

~elisabeth elliot

♥.

music :: restore by sherri youngward