Have you ever heard of a heartbreaking story and wondered afterwards how that person was able to overcome it? Or have you even attempted to share yours—that part that is jagged with all the sharp edges, the creases and crevices left from your experience of being stumbled at the rock bottom? Last year was a sail amidst the roiling waves. Just like Peter, when he already began walking in the water yet he sunk because he was moved to fear from the wind, I, with all my frailties, almost turned my back from it but the Lord compelled me to venture the waters and to even dive deeply to it. My untimely brokenness led to a catapult of faith. I thought I was spiritually growing but when God allowed such painful experience, there I realized I was standing at complacency. I desperately need growing and maturing without stopping. I have learned so much from last year and if there’s something that I want to share, it is that… “Your painful story does not have to finish beaut...
“Here’s the one thing I crave from God, the one thing I seek above all else: I want the privilege of living with him every moment in his house, finding the sweet loveliness of his face, filled with awe, delighting in his glory and grace. I want to live my life so close to him that he takes pleasure in my every prayer.” Psalm 27:4