4/29/10

You Will Find Your Way...If You Keep Believing

"He Alone Is My Rock And My Salvation; He Is My Fortress, I Will Not Be Shaken"
Psalm 62:6

"God is revealing the truth to you as you can handle it, each time it will feel like a setback, however it is not."

A very profound statement said to me this morning by G...

Only after I answered him when he asked me if I expected this to be done and over within one day...

My answer was yes, of course, to which he laughed...

In my mind, once the decision is made, it is done...

You take the time to implement your decision and you move on...

Never looking back...

That isn't working out for me in this circumstance...

I can go a few days and not think about the situation and once it feels like my feet are back underneath me, something comes along to knock me back on my butt.

Then I feel like I am at square one...

And I get back up and do it all over again...

The falling is starting to leave scars within...

Scars that won't be healed for quite some time...

You can't continue to knock someone down and not expect the marks to be made...

It may be so small at first you don't notice...

Over time the wound grows...

Sometimes it feels wide open and there are also times you feel it finally closing...

You start to get a little more breathing room in the storm...

Then, almost like clockwork, another wave comes along...

Crashing over you so hard it takes your breath away.

You just simply stand there waiting for the storm to subside...

Waiting for the wind to stop howling and the rain to stop falling...

The storms of life seem to have an ebb and flow about them...

If you believe, you know you are not alone...

You know He will either calm you or calm the storm...

If you don't believe, then you know you are on your own to fend for yourself...

If you are like me, well then I feel sorry for you...

I believe, however my faith has been tested almost to the absolute max...

I know logically He is right here with me...

Faithfully though, I am struggling...

It all boils down to one thing...

I just don't understand...

I could live a thousand years and still never understand...

I was raised to believe in an all-loving God...

Yet I look around and see so much pain that could have been avoided...

Not just with me, with others I know...

Good people who didn't deserve to have their life tainted by infidelity...

Good people who didn't even know their marriage was in trouble only to find out by a tiny voice of question...

Something was off-kilter yet they couldn't put their finger on it...

Where is the fairness in that?

I am not a bad person...

I may have done some questionable things in my life however overall I think I am a good person...

To good sometimes...

I have come to know some really decent people during the past year and it leaves me shaking my head in wonderment...

Where was He when all of our lives were being decimated?

As His children, why didn't He step in and protect us from the indescribable pain we were about to experience?

Once the bomb had been set off, why didn't He step in and shield us?

Why leave us out in the center of the storm without a life preserver?

Once the damage had been done why did the majority of us still have to go through many, many more mini-bombs?

As if the nuclear bomb of cheating on your spouse wasn't enough, let's throw in a few more bombs for good measure...

In my mind, He is all-powerful, all-loving and all-consuming...

In my mind I know all of these spouses who cheated will get their punishment...Someday.

That is a bitter pill for me to swallow because I want it done now.

The people I know want the karma bus to start pulling into each of our stations...

See I am not the only one who is suffering immensely...

There are thousands and thousands of people who are meeting this same fate each and everyday.

Where is He?

According to His book, He is right beside you...

He will never leave you nor forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)...

It will feel like it...

There will be days when you just want to die...

When you don't, that is Him with you...

There will be days when you feel you just can't breathe...

When you do, that is Him with you...

No matter what you feel, He is feeling it as well...

He lays with you as you are crumbled on the floor, catching each tear as it falls...

He knows your fears, worries, doubts, anger etc...

He knows all...

He knew before it was even going to happen...

So if you believe nothing else, no matter how bad you are feeling, no matter how dark your season is, please believe this, He is right there beside you, helping to guide your way.

SCOTT KRIPPANE
Sometimes He Calms The Storm
With A Whispered Peace Be Still
He Can Settle Any Sea
But It Doesn't Mean He Will

4/27/10

I Wake Up In Darkness....

"See To It, Then, That The Light Within You Is Not Darkness"
Luke 11:35

 My search for Him is a continuous journey...

I am still seeking and for whatever reason I can't find Him...

I pray, I cry and I beg...

I sit and listen - Crickets is about all I hear...

My reality is a twisted mess of emotions...

 The divorce paper work is daunting...

The emotions I feel when I open the packet up once again to fill out another piece of paper to end what took so long to put together is enough to put me into the fetal position...

I feel so torn by what He wants me to do and what I want to do...

I know in His book it states He hates divorce...

I also know it is against His law to commit adultery...

I also know that a divorce is basically my "get out of jail free" card...

It is there for a reason says my Pastor...

Why am I dragging my feet on filling out the papers?

Why does it still hurt me to the core to see him?

Why does a few words from him send me into tears?

Why does it hurt so bad when lies turn into truths?

Why would there even be a smidgen of hope left within me?

 Each and every day I ask Him to please light my path...

Please show me that the decision is what He wants me to do...

If not then please show me what to do because I am so lost it isn't funny...

I got nothing...

The storm still rages...

His child still rages...

Neither is calm today...

 I need His protection from the waves that threaten to drown me...

I have people here that protect me...

People He put on my path...

People I can call anytime day or night...

They however can't show me the light...

They are pinpoints of light within my darkness...

I need the full beam because I am so tired of stumbling around in the dark...

 Once the rug was ripped out from under my world, I thought I did everything right...

Not at first of course...

I raged and I cut and I cried and I raged some more...

I was maybe 10 seconds away from a mental breakdown...

However I reeled it all in and took back control of my emotions...

I sucked it up and set about becoming the better option...

It would be months before I was able to make it through a whole day without crying...

It would be almost a year before I would begin to believe I was worth more then I was handed...

 I have cried more tears in the past year then I think I have in my entire life...

It isn't easy to look at someone you thought you knew and see a stranger...

It isn't easy to put your beliefs aside and do something you just don't feel...

I never cried once on front of him...

I yelled, I got in his face, I backed him into a corner in the garage, however I never broke down in front of him...

I always waited until he left to cry...

I never wanted him to see how bad he hurt me...

 So whenever he was around there was a smile planted on my face...

I didn't feel it but I wouldn't let him see that...

Walk around in front of me on the phone with her?

Smile...

Looking up apartments and jobs for her here?

Smile...

Talking about me while I was in the same room?

Smile...

Letting her talk to Tigger on the phone?

Smile...

 I lost weight so fast I scared myself...

I went and got a new haircut...

I went and got new clothes...

I started wearing make-up everyday...

I took my meds on a regular basis...

I spoke softer and held my tongue on numerous occasions...

I did everything in the house as well as with the boys...

He was like a guest in the house and still I smiled...

 On the inside though I was a mess...

I couldn't believe this was what God wanted for me...

I was so mad at Him...

I knew from Church so long ago that He would never forsake me...

A year ago I felt forsaken...

I felt forgotten...

I have had enough storms in my life and this was like a category 5 hurricane ripping through my life and I had nothing to grasp onto...

This coming Sunday - 05/02/10 will be 1 year since the bomb was dropped...

 I still feel lost...

I still feel alone...

I still feel mad...

I still feel like crying...

I still feel forgotten

I still feel forsaken...

Why?

Because I did everything right to no avail...

I became the better woman and it still wasn't enough...

TENTH AVENUE NORTH
But The Breeze Soon Fades Away With The Night
Leaving Me Alone In My Sin
Oh I Know I Could Follow You
If I Could Just Hear Your Voice One More Time

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