Facing Your Inner Brokenness Pt. 3

They can't. (*Here's a good place to go back and read Parts 1 and 2 if you haven't.)

I've tried. Those things in Pt. 2 can't fix the brokenness all around me. They can't make me believe in love or fix marriages or make me confident or satisfied or purpose-filled. They can help yes, but they can't do all that and sustain it too..and I think most of us have experienced this truth. And this place or realization feels really, really hopeless. But this my friend, is the great reversal. In a world where failed attempts at control equal hearts left aimless and discouraged, this is where we begin. On the path of faith, this is the first step. It is called 'surrender'. In a world where "I'm sorry" is never really enough to heal the wounds we so easily inflict, in this new world "You're forgiven." comes first.

In a world where each of us have PhD's in wall building, we can realize they are all made of sand. And the walls we build may keep out the people, but they certainly don't defend us from the tidal waves life sends in.In this new world the place of "I can't" comes a new louder voice of "You don't have to."In the places that feel very alone, comes someone who says, "I am always with you." In the moments where you have onboarded every failure to improve, self-manage, self-promote, self-help, and have realized that you tried and failed, "so why am I still here?" a very generous, and kind voice, comes in from the back and says, "It's not your job to save yourself from your story." And suddenly the weight is lifted.Have you been here?

If you've been in any of these places, from Pt. 1, 2 or 3 I'd love to hear from you in the comments. I know there's power of knowing people get it, that you're not alone, that the episode you're living in isn't as unpredictable as it seems. So do it down there!! xx