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She speaks with breaking voice and quiet. The wind is blowing now. She turns away and I want to wrap her up, for warmth, for comfort, for the pure presence of another living person who just knows. And I do know: there is not one thing in the whole of the earth that will make any of this better. Her eyes fill up with a flood of tears and I know them well. She looks to the sky, for answers, for a moment to catch a breath. And tell me that her world is crashing...again...And I want to will it back together.
And she, with those tear stained eyes, and holding together the pieces of her broken heart with all the energy she has left, says she is sorry. That she is fine. And this breaks my heart even more.
What is more exhausting? Living the true, honest, hard story or pretending a broken heart is fine, making apologies for heartache and reality?
Life is not perfect and I am not perfect and I want to live the truth in everyday. And my hope is that we all can. To live the joy found and the heartache suffered. To see others for who they are, right to the core, and love them anyway, because He loves us all first. To be honest about myself, my unexpected life and the journey God set before me.
And I put it on paper, in typed font and on a page, but do I live it daily beyond this place? Do I love my greatest cheerleaders and supporters unreservedly? Do I love the good man without holding back? Do I walk out the door holding tighter to my to do list, or a resolve to worship? To love the least? And what am I afraid of?
I have never before lived more of my daily moments in the simple and true of each day. And maybe because I take it with me, the verse that came at the beginning of this all. How the simple fact of His faithfulness can erase my fears -- of the unexpected life, the loving deeply and without hesitation, and the seeing others as He sees them.
This is true:
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid. The Lord your God will go before you. Joshua 1
Take courage! I have overcome the world. John 16:33
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Yes, life isn't always the way we expect but ...God is faithful. Beautiful post for Five Minute Friday.
ReplyDeleteBlessings and love,
Debbie
Love. It is so hard to live what is true. To be vulnerable when what is true is that we MAY get hurt. Praise the Lord we have a Gd who goes before us! LOVE that verse. Thank you for your post. Hugs. Dawn
ReplyDeleteI am torn reading this, because it is so beautifully true and because I find myself in your words, in "do I live it daily beyond this place?". I so want to learn what it means to live out Truth and love, and I am more and more aware how this is impossible for me and only possible through Him who goes before me.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. You brought tears to my eyes. My story is much the same lately. I love that verse it's the verse I pray over my 4yo daughter. Thanks so much for writing this.
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