At some point in this life, our hearts are going to be broken. It may happen because of a person or a situation, circumstances or loss, a broken heart will happen at some point or another. But sometimes hearts are broken frequently.
My heart got broken very recently. And it was ugly. Full body sobs, clutched hands on chests, gasps for breath, and cries out loud to God asking a million questions and quiet praises of “You’re still good but this hurts so bad.” There were days of sad songs, (because misery loves company) tears, anxiety, and sleepless nights.
But in the middle of it all there was still something so beautiful.
In puffy eyes, there was still laughter at brunch with a friend. In house shoes and slept on hair, there was an unexpected peace in spending time with my sister. In anxiousness, there was a 6 month old that lights up when I walk in the room and a 2 year old who grabs my face with both hands and “steals all my kisses”. As bad as I was hurting, there were SO many good and beautiful things in the hurt.
Every part of me wanted to stay and wallow in the hurt. It felt like the final hit against glass and when it all shattered into a million pieces, I just wanted to stay in the mess.
But y’all, God doesn’t leave us in our brokenness and hurt. He uses the people He’s placed in our lives to remind us who we are in Him. People to remind us that this isn’t the end of our story. This is all part of His plan that’s for His glory and our good.
So I don’t know where you’re at today. I don’t know who your community is, where you are in your walk with Christ, or even what you’re situation is. But I do know that there is a purpose for all of this. Whether you can see it or not, this is still good. Even when it’s bad, it’s good.
I pray that you’ll find the good. I pray that God gives you the community you need to see Him in all circumstances. I pray you’ll see that He breaks hearts on purpose to bring us closer to Him.
“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
1 Peter 2:9-10
Beauty in the Ashes 
Love this! In a strange way, sometimes the beautiful things seem even more beautiful when we’re hurting. Maybe because it’s a breath of fresh air or a ray of sunshine? I’m not sure. But it seems every time my heart is broken, the good things become heart-achingly good when I see them. Not sure if that makes any sense, but it’s true of my heart!
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Yes and Amen!!
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