Truth
Truth.... you CANT "Fake It Till You Make It" especially when it comes to real pain and loss...(I HATE THAT SAYING!!)
Truth -Sometimes life is just not fair and no matter how great your attitude was or even if you did everything right-
even if you "named it and claimed it" until you ran out of breath...there is no guarantee - you can still fail....still fall...and all those lies bring is deeper lies of Shame and frustration and rage...
Nothing good can ever come out of dishonesty to your own heart and soul - lying to yourself ...or hiding from truth of what's in your heart- trying to decieve yourself and others can never bring real healing...it will only deepen and prolong the pain...the only path to truth and real healing is honesty....HONESTLY facing, feeling, and fighting thru the pain....
It is only in those darkest of places where the light can eventually shine the brightest-when you finally fight to find the courage to look up.... it's taken me a lifetime to realize this truth and somedays still the darkness fights back...
but I now know where truth reigns -and there alone is where real healing happens.
The Promise Was.....
The promise was not an escape from suffering... but that when everything fell.... even in our rage and pain- for those who seek Him- those who know Him- the author of perfect love- who knows sorrow and counts every tear....we will be HELD.... thru our tears, thru our broken hearts... His Heart breaks for us - and HE WILL SOMEHOW MAKE BEAUTY FROM OUR ASHES if we will only just let him....