stronger in the broken places

these lyrics are from a song by mark harris.

Light shines the brightest 

In the moment of our desperation 

Hope somehow rises 

Through the rubble of our desolation 

There's a calm in the storm 

Though the winds around us rage 

So I hold to the truth 

You will bring me through 

The darkest of my days 

There is beauty in the suffering 

Hope can heal what hurt embraces 

Through it all I know you're making me 

Stronger in the broken places 

the words have been stuck in my mind and heart all week. over and over, waking up from a dead sleep, singing as i would wake up, driving in the car it would play on the radio. god knew i needed these words and put them in my head at a moment when i was feeling sorry for myself. 35 yrs ago today at the ripe old age of 18, i got married. that marriage officially ended 12 yrs ago, but the truth is that it ended much earlier than that. it took me a long time to figure things out. i have been reflecting on how i have much i have grown up, how much i have changed. enter this song!  i am so far from the person i thought i should be at this time in my life, yet, i am exactly who i am supposed to be. i see how much i have learned to love myself like my father loves me. i truly am stronger in the broken places. i am sure there are going to be days, weeks and months when the winds around me rage, but i can hold on to the truth. the truth that he has already brought me through  my darkest days. the truth that he gives me hope to heal the hurt that will embrace me. the past 35 yrs i have learned that god is always there, and if i keep my eyes on him, he will never let me down. so, pity party is over! i can't wait to see what he has in store for me next!