Ok so, truth? I was kinda avoiding this one. I tried to pick other verses for the heart, but none of them struck a chord like this one. I’ve heard it said so many times, in so many ways & I myself can attest to that of a failing heart (Psalms 73:26). At my time of diagnosis I was facing a failing marriage & a dream deferred. Looking back, I can see how much of my hope was deferred, as a result my heart was sick (Proverbs 13:12). I can also see Jesus’s footprints in the sand sometimes along with mine & sometimes just His. Every time my prints disappeared was a time He was carrying all my weight, including my heavy heart. He was very close to my broken heart & was the reason I didn’t break (Psalms 34:18).
I remember 1 day were I finally pleaded with God for transcending peace, I needed it to guard my heart & mind so I could heal & continue to grow (Philippians 4:7). I started to praise Him in the middle of my anguish & meditating on His Word until it was written on my heart. I learned to truly love the Lord with all my heart, soul & mind, all my strength. And day by day, step by step He created a new heart & steadfast spirit in me (Psalm 51:10). I could breathe again. My hope had been reignited, but this time with an everlasting flame. He turned my darkness into light (Psalm 18:28). And today I’d like to share some of that light with you.
I know this road is hard, it’s kind of the adventure nobody really wanted. So many stories are told with our hero’s going hesitantly off to face certain doom & it’s often not until we face our own harrowing adventures that we see why our hero’s feel so uncertain at times. And here we are thrust into a storyline we could never have imagined. What those stories also show is how much the journey is truly worth it & I’m here as living proof it’s true in real life too. This is your chance to choose to turn to God & find real hope & maybe like me find your true calling.