A New Direction

I woke up Saturday morning and sat down with my first cup of coffee.  It was nice enough outside to sit on the porch, which is my favorite place to be. I look around and see new life springing up all around me.  Things that were dead a few months ago are growing and flourishing. I hear the sound of new life in the singing of the morning birds. I feel a cleansing breath as I inhale the air blowing through the trees. God takes what is old and broken and makes it new.  He puts it back together.   I am quickly transported to a time in my life when I thought I had it all.  I was in love, I was as healthy as I'd ever been, life seemed great.  The problem with that is, it was an illusion.  I was living in sin and God loves us enough to reveal that sin and gives us the opportunity to turn from it.  Repentance. That was probably the most painful time of my life.  My heart was shattered, my life was crumbling, and I began to build walls a...

So many people are looking for love... looking for someone to fill the empty hole in their heart.  To make them feel loved.  I was thinking about this during my "porch" time this morning and this old country song by Johnny Lee popped in my head.  I uploaded the song with lyrics so you can see what he's saying.   One line stood out to me  "You came knocking on my hearts door, you're everything I've been looking for" Jesus says "Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If ANYONE hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in..." Rev 3:20 Jesus IS LOVE.   He is the only person who can fill that void in your life.  That empty hole.   But so many people go from relationship to relationship hoping to find that love that will take away the emptiness, the pain, the loneliness, the fear.  The only true that will take away the hurt and pain is the love of Jesus. I have been single for 13 years. Yes, I've dated in thos...