Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Learning from Young Me
I did the old fashioned thing and wrote on my journal this morning, asking questions and just allowing myself to be honest with God about my heartache. I flipped back to earlier entries written by a younger me, and I was reminded by 25-year-old Marielle something valuable in this season. Here's how the entry went:
January 7, 2011
On the way to work this morning, I was singing to a Michael Gungor song that goes "You make beautiful things. You make beautiful things out of the dust." I was driving down the Katipunan C5 flyover at that time and as I saw the rising bright morning sun, I couldn't but recall the times I drove down that road, looking at the same morning sky, and back then, I was alone and asking God to heal my heartaches.
Over a year later, I found more than what I was looking for. I see myself now married to the best man I've ever met and my heart mended completely.
Lord, you truly make things beautiful.
I wrote that entry looking back at how heartbroken I was in 2008 and at how God completely healed me from the hurts of that year. Now, in my brokenness, I'm letting myself be taught by a younger me that there is no room for hopelessness even as I endure this pain. God has already shown Himself faithful, and all I need to do is trust that He will make all things new. As He is beautiful, He will make even this tragedy beautiful in His time.Labels: Brooke, faith, love
posted by mari_elle at
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: 11:02 PM
