Joy in sorrow. Joy thru my brokenness. Joy in Lupus.
last year i confided in a sweet friend of mine my struggle with depression. it’s real. strong. dark. she listened. cried with me and thoughtfully gifted me a book by Ann Voskamp called “be the gift”. how to let your brokenness be turned into abundance. i read it cover to cover and loved it. so this year i’m rereading, i randomly open it and think on the thoughts for the day.
today’s was “the Joy of the Lord happens inside the sorrow”.
i’m broken. (you’re broken) we do not need to pretend we aren’t.
there will be Joy in our brokenness. our sorrow.
(john 16.20, ps. 30.5, 11-12, jer. 31:13)
when i express my sorrow, my brokenness, Jesus transforms my pain into His peace. the promise of that is what keeps me turning around, sanding and reforming myself, remaking me Real.
i’m Beautifully Broken, that is where God does His best work!
i love this song by Kelly Clarkson. 💜
embrace your brokenness. choose Joy!!
