I’m sharing this post with link-ups at Jen Ferguson’s Soli Deo Gloria Sisterhood Gathering, Holley Gerth’s Coffee for Your Heart, Beth Stiff’s Three Word Wednesday, and Jennifer Dukes Lee’s #TellHisStory.
Love this, Kristin– thanks for sharing your heart and God's redeeming power. So glad I stopped by from Beth's place today!
Thanks, Beth! I thought it was a time for a fresh header on the blog. Then, of course, that prompted to make a few other changes. 🙂 Oh, how I would love to hang out in person again – whether on my front porch or on top of a ferris wheel. Love you, friend.
There is a place that we all come to, usually w/o realization that we are there till we are submerged in the pool of life, suprised by our arrival and our subsequent feelings at our destination. That place where we thought we found peace and realized it was only a reprieve, God is still working. You made me think about that today with the quotes from Jen's book and this final sentence: "Our brokenness can feed each other and give God a chance to make us new." It is so hard to be broken. It is dangerous. Yet, it is the only place that we can be to finally find that path to wholeness, being put together by His loving hands and the blessings of encouragers who are sent by Him… whether they know they are touching grace and adminstering that holy medicine or not.
This: "Our brokenness can feed each other and give God a chance to make us new." It makes me think of Jesus as the bread of life…His body broken for us that we might be nourished once again. Powerful post, dear friend. Love you.
Actually, the Jen Hatmaker quote was right after she was talking about Jesus being the bread of life and communion, but I didn't really think I should copy and paste the whole chapter onto my blog … although it's really all that good. Have you read the book? You totally should. 🙂 I love seeing your smiling face here, sweet friend. Thanks for your encouragement. Love you!
I get where you're coming from with the scabs being torn off anew. That's sometimes the hardest thing about helping someone who is going through what we've been through. Even though the outcome has been good, it's still painful to relive it. But that's the beauty of love and surrender–doing it despite the cost. Such a poignant post, Kristen. Thanks for sharing.
I haven't yet – I should put it on my list!