Have you ever thought that you are perfectly created to participate in life? The people around you, your family, your friends and co-workers are all places where the healing power of Christ can be poured out through you.
I am a nurse, case manager, sister, wife, mother, daughter, friend, boss...but more than that, I have been uniquely created and fit perfectly in the groups I am a part of to minister and love people.
Romans 12:1-5 The Message (MSG) Romans 12
1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it.
Several years ago I hurt my back and was in physical pain for months. I was scared to death since I have worked with people with back pain as a case manager. I poured out my heart to the Lord. The response both surprised me and stuck with me to this very day. As I was praying, reading my bible and talking to God about my troubles, pleading with him to remove them, a thought popped in my mind...
"Why should you live in comfort and ease when my world is in pain?"
It silenced me and caused me to think, "your right". There is so much sorrow, pain, and anguish around me in the lives of people. How do I relate to them? I began to pray...
"Abba, break my heart with what breaks yours, then send me to a world in pain...to comfort, to support, to cheer up and to love."
The last six months have been very difficult for me personally and yet through it all, I have learned so much about the God I serve. Today, I am filled with joy, peace and knowledge that God is very near us whether in laughter or sorrow.
Now I want to share some of what I learned as I recall this last six months of trials, testing and temptations in .... JOURNAL OF A BROKEN HEART.
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