hope in the Lord

Dear grace, others might not see it or be aware of it, but i know and understand the depth of the hopelessness and despair that ballooned larger and larger inside you over the course of these past five months. nothing tragic happened, but you carried an ache in your heart. i was with you. i'm with you now.

God, you didn't take these experiences and feelings away but instead allowed these things to happen. perhaps you allowed me to go through this season in order to stretch me so that i would have a greater capacity for joy. i hope that at the end of all of this, i can admit that i was surprised by joy and that i have a greater compassion for other people. i would like your joy..! thank you for being so good to me. You are always good to me (even if i tend to forget sometimes)!