heartbreak warfare.

i am not the biggest john mayer fan anymore, but i cannot deny the musical and lyrical depth and maturity in this song.  it stirs my heart, and i feel hope and understanding.  sometimes life is heartbreaking.  heartbreak never seems to be restricted to one realm of life, or a small time frame.  it can span years and radiate to the depths of the soul.

so many things can break our hearts. so many things! this week has been full of gut punches. on thursday i texted a friend when i felt at my wit's end.  of course she was going through her own heartbreak, and i remember saying, "i don't know how much more i can cope with."  well, neither did she probably. we met for church today and talked afterwards, and all this heartbreak, all these emotions, they just boiled down to something really simple.  life is life. i know none of us have tasted our last let downs and disappointments.  we won't stop feeling the gut punches, and the emotional stirs of chaotic events until we are no longer breathing.  and that is okay, because it is life.  but how do we cope in the meantime?

i think i realized today that there is a part of heartbreak i can be grateful for.  and that part is where i really see people as people...objects of worth and immeasurable value, wholly loved by God.  the more i love people, the more my heartbreaks.

may heartbreak stir souls to action. may heartbreaking disappointments not deter us in our good works to glorify you Lord.  keep us moving...may we remain determined in the face of the most heartbreaking circumstances.


"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." ~Galatians 6:9.