Joy is the most interesting thing. It is made more sweet by having experienced pain, it is so powerful that it can overcome years of heartache in a single moment. It can come in the most simple of ways and it can just sweep in without even a warning and remove the cobwebs of doubt, dust out the corners filled with lonliness, remove the clutter of fears and unmet expectations and leave your heart feeling fresh and new.
I feel that way now. I feel that the ache is beginning to lessen and is being replaced by the kind of hope that makes you smile when you think no one is watching. I have no regrets. The pain that I have been experiencing recently will only serve to make my heart more tender and my soul so much more prepared for the happiness that the Lord has promised.
I guess that is what I am most grateful for today. That I know my pain will not be wasted and that I know how quickly it will be forgotten.
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