Thursday, January 24, 2013

Renewed Strength


“Go on now, go, walk out the door”

This week has been difficult. I’ve been hurt, bludgeoned, stabbed in the chest. I have felt the loneliness and emptiness of trusting too much too soon. I have, regretfully, allowed another person to take up space in my heart. My head has been dealt a serious blow but the message has suddenly become crystal clear. Truth, so it seems, has been a mixture of shattered promises and convincing lies. And so, I am left wondering how I missed something so obvious, someone so arrogantly self-serving. The series of compliments, whisperings of sweet-nothings, showering of gifts…it turns out some people will say and do just about anything to get something they want.

I’m stuck picking up the pieces (again) of my glass heart. The pieces will come together again. Each time, it seems I get a little stronger. I get a little closer to gluing the fragments back together into one piece. I pray for renewed strength. I pray for courage, and the ability to forgive and forget. I believe something remarkable will happen to me. I will somehow be given a new sense of strength. I know this because my hope is never going to walk out the door. There is one greater than I, more superior to the coward who broke my heart. He is always looking out for me. He is with me, and for that I can be grateful for everything that has happened—good and bad.

“I’m not that chained up little person still in love with you”

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