“Suffering opens the holy space in your soul that will be
filled only when you’re dancing with Me at My party.” –Larry Crabb in 66 LoveLetters
We want so much to be delivered from our suffering. We have
believed that the ultimate goal is to be healed from every pain. We don’t
understand why loved ones must die, often at a young age or in the prime of
life. We can’t see purpose in
brokenness and seek above all else to get our brokenness fixed, sooner rather
than later.
But what I hear God saying is that we need to learn to live
in brokenness. That holy space that suffering opens up in us will only be
filled when we reach heaven. That means we must walk this earth with a gaping
hole in our spirits… an ache that never goes away… perhaps a sickness that
doesn’t get healed… a relationship that doesn’t get restored… a problem the
doesn’t get fixed.
This is not what we want to hear. We can’t see beyond life
on planet earth. We desire the good life now. And we should pray for sicknesses
to be healed, relationships to be restored and problems to be fixed, but that
is not our main goal.
What is our main goal? To know God… to feel the ache… to
desire Him above all else, even healing, restoration and fixed problems. Those things
will be taken care of when we reach eternity. For now, they may or may not be.
God wants, above all else, for us to know Him… to love Him… to desire Him more
than we desire the good life on earth.
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I would love to hear from you! Let me know what you think and how I can pray for you. Most of us are carrying some pretty heavy baggage and the good news is, you don't have to carry it alone! You can lay it at the feet of Jesus, and sometimes we need help just letting go of our baggage and not picking it up again. We're in this together!