Road Trip!

Last week I was able to go spend some time with my second family in Jackson, Missouri. If you aren’t familiar with where that is, it’s about two hours south of St. Louis, so I was by myself in my car for a total of approximately 4 hours (two there and two back). And if you read one of my previous posts, you would know that in my car is where God and I have a lot of conversations, so I figured I would get something. Well on the way back I did. I had my iPod plugged up and I was listening to the playlist I had created especially for the trip. I was skipping through songs and I came across 7x70 by Chris August. Originally I skipped it, but God told me to go back and listen to it. So I did, and I figure I was going to get a lesson on forgiveness. I was wrong. By the time I was about halfway through the song, tears began to well up in my eyes and I didn’t know why.  At the end of the song it says, “I lost count of the ways you let me down, but no matter how many times you weren’t around, I’m alright now cause, god picked up my heart and helped me through.” Something clicked, and I was like I get it!  It doesn’t matter who has hurt you, or let you down, or wasn’t around enough, or whatever it may be that you want to fill the blank in with, God is there for you to turn to. There is no need to have a pity party for youself! Psalm 34:18 says, “If your heart is broken, you’ll find God there.” If you allow God to help you, he will! No matter what has broken your heart, He will pick up the pieces and mend it back together and help you get back to the place you need to be. I haven’t always been so willing to let God pick up my heart and put it back together. A lot of the time, I have left it on the ground and be angry or pull the woe is me card, but that didn’t get me anywhere, it only made it worse. It didn’t get better until I allowed God to come in and make things better, to help me work through my hurt. So, whatever you may be going through today, let God come in and help you through it!