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More beautiful every time the LORD shines his light through it.

March 24, 2023

Wisdom 2:1a,12–24  |  Psalm 34:15–22  |  John 7:1–2,10,25–30

Psalm 34:18

            The LORD is near to the broken-hearted,

                and saves the crushed in spirit.

I know the joy of having the LORD near me after having my heart broken. Since 2018, the road (which I call ‘BROKEN-HEARTED boulevard’) has been like a roller coaster, with a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns. The LORD has been there through every mile that I have traveled on this boulevard.

There have been many times that I thought that I was traveling alone, but the LORD would give me a sign that HE was right there beside me. Sometimes that sign would come through different people in my life; whether it was all of the people at St. Luke’s, or through the people in the different grief support groups, or through friends and family.

Recently, I read someone’s description of a broken-heart as a heart that looks like a ‘stained glass’ heart. Being made of multiple pieces and held together like a ‘stained glass’ window. With every event that causes a heart to be broken again, it gets put back together with another colorful piece of glass. Making it more beautiful every time the LORD shines his light through it.

David Clifton