The Divorced, The Lost & The Broken

My heart breaks when I hear those words, divorced, lost and broken.  This world is full of all of those.  This world is broken.  But within a broken world there are people that the good Lord has placed around to serve others, be there for them, relate to, speak into but most of all to feel "not alone" with.

The Lord is all knowing and wonderful!  In hindsight I can look back at all the things I have gone through in my lifetime to this point.  Some of it may not have been good but it has grown me, changed me, and strengthen me into who I am now as I follow the path with the Lord by my side.

I find myself thankful for the things I have gone through.  They had allowed me to be there for others, and to offer a hopeful perspective than what they are seeing or feeling at that moment.  I would not be able to do that without having gone through a divorce, feeling lost and broken.

After we have gone through things and have healed we are to move on in life and to help others, but I find its not something that I have necessarily set out to do but that has happened.  The Lord has set up the time and places for me to be able to return what He has given me to others.

God really does have a plan for each of us.

Last night a woman that I have known off and on for seven years called me last night and we talked for two hours.  We have talked over the years and our boys briefly were in scouts together.  When we have gotten the opportunity to be around each other I have always enjoyed our conversations and they flow so nicely. We know gotten to know little snippets of each other over time.

She is in a hard place right now and struggling.  I had sent her a card a while back and she was calling to thank me then we talked for hours.  The things she is going through I was able sit and listen, relate, understand and I pray gave her a little hope.

Below us, we have a renter, she is a thirty four year old recently single mother of four children, from 12 yrs to 3 yrs.  Out of all the renters that we could have chosen back in February we chose her, a broken soul in need of a little break.  She and I since then developed a friendship.

I can't tell you how many times over the years that one of my children would come home sharing their excitement about a new friend only to discover the brokenness that they share with them unknowingly with divorce.  Most of my children friends are from divorced families.

I can only hope and pray that the Lord is preparing my children to be able to be there for a friend and relate to and speak into with the little knowledge that unfortunately they have had to feel, learn and live from.  But knowing that the Lord has a plan and that we can trust him is such a comfort because when he uses us in someone's life and we can see or feel their frown turn a little bit up into a hopeful smile is all that matters and means the world and shines so brightly through the divorced, the lost and the broken.

I pray that the Lord will continue to prepare my heart, and give me opportunities to pour into others with what He has given to me so that I can share some hope with them through Him.

Thank you Lord