See the Stars

I know it feels dark, right now.

I know that sometimes it’s all you can do when the wind blows harsh against your skin to stay alive another second. I know that the pain hurts, that the wounds bleed. I know that you tell yourself you can’t, and you’re right, you can’t.

But it’s not the end, no matter how much it hurts and no matter how alone you feel and no matter how lost you are. 

It’s a wind, a season, a breath, but it will pass. Yes, my darling, it will pass. 

Oh my sojourner, 

you weary soul, 

trapped in yesterday and drowning in tomorrow, 

you will survive even this, 

not because of anything you can do, but because you were created with 

resilience and 

purpose and 

because your Creator went to death for your sake. 

Oh my darling, look up tonight, see the stars, see the great fires in the skies that spin around us. Feel the wind caress your face and know that the millions of thoughts you feel every day cannot compare to His thoughts toward you…for you are His, and there is no place that you can go that can keep you from everything his heart breaks for you to have. 

Open up your bleeding heart, I promise that surrender is only a breath away. 

Surrender is not captivity, 

it is freedom. 

Open your heart, 

open your heart, 

and feel the healing touch of loyalty and love. 

Feel the sunset of your grief and welcome the sunrise of His love.

The stars will shine again, I promise.