When I think of the term"damage", many things come to mind. It's so easy to associate this term with damage only property or things. But what if this term could be used to describe people? Is it possible for people to be damaged too? In my experience, I have to say that it is! I know this because I've been damaged many times in my life. I have been damaged by people, things, and, bad decisions that I have made. These very decisions have led to disastrous consequences, and long periods in complete darkness. This never-ending darkness (or so it seemed) had such a detrimental effect on my mind and my spirit that I felt like I was losing my mind! No matter what I did, or how I tried to cope, I just seemed to continue drowning from the effects of bad decision-making, and the issues of life, in general. It took me a while to know and understand that some things are simply sent to leave me damaged! In fact, some things are sent simply to leave us all damaged! But we have to recognize these specific experiences when they enter our lives. We have to realize that life will not stop being hard for anybody, but,until we learn to make better decisions, the consequences that follow bad ones will continue to leave us damaged. Actions done by others-that we did not even deserve-will continue to leave us damaged!
One specific experience in my life that I will discuss in this blog is when my marriage ended. I remember being in so much darkness and despair. And it truly seemed that it would never-end. This clouded my judgement so badly, until I couldn't see that this experience was only sent to leave me damaged! It was sent to rob me of my peace, my joy, and my relationship with God! The enemy had come into our home so fast, and tore it down completely! I couldn't understand how so much happiness in the beginning, could turn into absolute hell in the end! But regardless of how this was shaping my thoughts, my mind, God was still there! I had to realize that He never left! This experience was simply sent to leave me damaged! And while I was wading my way through such troublesome waters, I remember my sister Pam (Pamela) telling me one powerful sentence that pulled me out of everything! "HOLD ON TO GOD"! she said! And the minute she said that to me and I fully heard exactly what she was saying,something inside of me broke! All of the feelings of darkness and despair that surrounded me were no more! And I realized that that simple sentence was the key to everything! I realized that when things are sent to leave us damaged, we are to hold on to GOD! He specializes in healing our brokenness, our pain, and our suffering. So can things really be sent simply to damage a person? Absolutely! But, the key to all restoration from ANY damage is to simply, "HOLD ONTO GOD!"
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