My Divine Notes

Psalm 112: 7   (The Voice) They will not be afraid when the news is bad because they have resolved to trust the Eternal.  “You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly—that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp.” ―  Anne Lamott Words pulled together in a string of sentences have the ability to shakeup lives. The sentences above did just that to me.   Feelings, stories, blog posts, conversations with God and rants have crossed my brain over the last nine months, but they refused to be permanently recorded until today. The fact is: My heart is broken. It’s broken in a million tiny pieces that can never be put ...

Ecclesiastes 7:10 Don’t long for “the good old days.” This is not wise. Admit it. You've done it. At one time or another, many of us indulge in remembering how good the past was when in reality – just maybe – it  wasn't   Perhaps it is human nature to look back through rose colored glasses to remember the good old days.  I've  done that, but then, in retrospect, I realize that the past  wasn't  that great. I've  just been through a long walk in the valley of shadows and I’m glad to be out of it. At times I remembered the good old days and I even wondered “what if I…” or “what if I  didn't …” Frankly, both options do not matter.   Don’t look back.   Move forward. God is a step ahead of you.