Sunday, October 7, 2012

Unredeemed

heartbroken [ hahrt-broh-kuhn ]
adjective; crushed with sorrow or grief.

No one has died. I have a family that loves me, I am healthy, I have a comfortable home, a brand new car, a great job with an amazing boss. I am truly a blessed girl and yet the 5 words of that definition is where I am. Am I being overly dramatic? It sure sounds like it. The "crushed" in this particular situation is defined as overwhelmed. Which is what I am.

Today was a really hard day. I want so badly to shake this and get over it. I let myself be consumed in what I was feeling. I would prefer to pull the covers over my head and just stay there. Today I did it. The part that concerned me is that I could've continued it for days.

I am trying to be a brave little soldier and take the constant advice of "get over it" I just can't. I've always been whole and put together. I've never had another part. My heart has always been mine and heavily protected. I've never had to deal with the other half of me being gone. It's the most difficult thing I have ever experienced.
I miss dirty little fingers. I miss endless nerf darts. I miss piggie back rides. I miss wine during football and silly/serious conversation. I mostly miss feeling whole....safe. I've never been in a position where I NEED someone. Now that I do there are no words to explain living without it.

I know that God knows what He is doing and I know that there is a purpose for this pain. Just because He is in control doesn't mean there won't be pain, loss or suffering. It means He knows and is holding my hand through it, not just watching me writhe from a distance. He has me.....and my other half.

We used the following song in a play a couple years ago and I've heard it 437 times. Only yesterday did it apply itself to my heart

The cruelest word The coldest heart
The deepest wound The endless dark
The lonely ache The burning tears
The bitter nights The wasted years

Life breaks and falls apart
But we know these are
Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
They may be unfulfilled
They may be unrestored
But when anything that's shattered
is laid before the Lord
Just watch and see
It will not be unredeemed

For every choice that led to shame
And all the love that never came
For every vow that someone broke
And every life that gave up hope

We live in the shadow of the fall
But the cross says these are all
Places where grace is soon to be so amazing
They may be unfulfilled
They may be unrestored
But when anything that's shattered
is laid before the Lord
Just watch and see It will not be unredeemed

He will wipe every tear
It will not be Unredeemed
You'll never know the miracle The Father has in store
-Unredeemed Selah

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