Joy unceasing...

Sunshine or rain, thunderclouds or clear blue skies...the heart rests. Despite or perhaps because of a low day yesterday I am reminded that no matter what surrounds us, we can find peace...find rest in You. However you ground yourself, however you worship, however you find your place of repose and meditation...peace of mind comes, filters in...slowly at first with much work. As in preparing for a run, a long hike...it takes small starts until you achieve a pace that you can sustain over longer and further distances. So it is with finding that place of peace, of rest and calm...soon it comes with a thought, with a moment...flooding those stormy places, pushing out the fear and anxiety...dissipating it with grace, with mercy, with love and compassion.

Dear broken and lost hearts....I speak to you today with love, with compassion, with kindness...I see the broken places, I see the despair that floods every cell of your body...I stand and view, hand in hand, the desolate land that stretches out before you....let us walk it out together and speak of the wonder that awaits you. Unbelievable...miraculous....unbidden....but true....

I despaired....I stood in silent tears and viewed the barren, dismal ground that stretched out before me as far as the eye could see... silent, bleak and never imagined that life awaited me just out of sight...up over the windswept mountain, down through the valley of the shadow of death and across the desert of broken dreams, broken promises, broken spirit...bones littered across and beneath the surface.

The way seemed far, unattainable... unreachable heights, impassable ground....at times I feared I may drown beneath the weight and waves of sorrow and pain. But oh...oh dear friends...God knows no boundaries, knows nothing of distance... impossible is possible...impassable, passable. With a thought, with a prayer, with love...God reaches across those impervious, insurmountable roadblocks and scatters them to the furthest corners of the earth. He makes a way...I truly do not know how....but here I am.

Here I am...a testament...to His love, to His making a way through and out.

Here I am...standing before you in love, viewing the immensity of the ground covered in awe, in wonder at the miracle of the mighty Hand extended to me when in the pit...drowning in filth, in regrets, in remorse, in shame....thinking no one could ever understand, no one could ever love me...hearing the repeated poisonous words until I believed that is who I was and always would be.

I write to you today in the hopes of reaching you where you are, deep under...drowning...gasping for breath and a helping hand. You are not alone dear hearts...never alone. There is hope...life...love unshakeable...grace, mighty grace...mercy unceasing...for you...

Reach out today...there is a way...I pray for your discernment and safety...I pray for your continued safety and protection as you seek God for freedom from a life of fear, of ugliness and sorrow. That is not what you are meant for my friends...you are meant for more, so much more. Overwhelming to think of...to dream of...so we start off small...kindness, compassion and peace. This is what you are meant for, created for....

May God watch over you and surround you with His protection, with His peace that passes all understanding as you fight through one more day, hour by hour...minute by minute.

May He make His face to shine upon you...lighting your way, warming the coldest parts of your heart.

Stand tall dear hearts...slow and sure...stand and know your worth...strong and true, brave and courageous. You are loved...unceasingly...always and forever...to the ends of the earth and beyond. There are no borders on His love, no conditions....come as you are.

Matthew 11:28 - 'Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.'

There is joy unceasing for you...there is life, there is hope...