Sing Your Song!

This time more than seven years ago, I realized that my life wasn’t going to be the same. I wanted to be back to ‘normal.’ I wanted to smile again without it feeling painful. I wanted to take my kids to the playground without feeling exhausted from the effort of getting out the door. I wanted to laugh with my husband like we used to. I desperately wanted to be to back to my old self, but it seemed impossible. It seemed that there was no way back, and truth be told, there wasn’t. That door was closed!

But seven years later, I stand here today smiling again without the pain, getting ready without the exhaustion, I run my kids here and there without wanting to collapse, and I am laughing with my husband once again.  All these things have come back to me, BUT it’s not because I went back to being my old self again. God’s plans for bringing me through the storm were too great to let me go back to who I once was. No, He brought me through the storm, leading me every step of the way, and He brought me through it CHANGED!

That’s what God does isn’t it?! I didn’t think I could look back on a difficult season of life and smile. When I look back I smile because, although I remember the pain, I also remember God’s overwhelming presence and deliverance.

Sometimes we look back on storms and think about what we may have lost, but when I look back, I see all that I gained. I gained a greater understanding of my Father, a greater awareness of His presence, and I gained a new song in my heart!

If you find yourself in a storm today, know that God WILL walk with you until you get to the other side! And once you get there, His presence will remain, and you will find yourself changed with a new song in your heart! When that song appears in your heart, know that it’s not there just for you. Sing that song loud for others to hear! Someone is going to need to hear this new song God’s placed in your heart!