You Are Not Alone!!
How’s that for a title?
Wish I could say it was mine but it wasn’t. It was the title of the handout that was given out when I went to the Divorce Care class Sunday morning. I know, I know, I can hear some of you saying, no way would I go to something like that, you gotta be kidding.
It is a singles ministry at North Star Church that I have been attending. I almost didn’t go. It has been eight months since my divorce, I didn’t know if I was emotionally ready for such a thing.
I am so glad that I went. Yes, I was emotional. Tears welled up in my eyes as I listen to various ones introduce themselves and share briefly.
The handout “You Are Not Alone” touched me in so many ways by the many quotes from those who have been or are going through a divorce. Here are some of the quotes:
- “There are no winners. The pain, the loss, the brokenness that divorce brings is a reality that we carry for the rest of our lives” … “it affects the whole family, extended family and friends. Children of all ages are wounded and scarred for life.”
- “The death of a marriage is hard as or harder than death from disease or tragedy. It is not something you get over quickly.”
- “I know it’s risky for people to reach out. But I wish they’d know it was ok to ask how I was, to express concern about what is happening. I needed to know there were people who cared for me” … “…divorce caused me to re-examine every part of my life and to search out new directions. More than anything else, it caused me to see and know God in more immediate ways.”
There were quite a few in the class, men and women of all ages and I could identify with all of them.
I felt totally at ease. That those who are teaching, leading this ministry have a heart for this and I feel like the Lord will use this to heal even more wounds of the heart, of the spirit.
I have discovered it is so very important to have fellowship with brothers and sisters in the Lord. To have those who understand what you have or are going though.To enough one another.
I have been amazed at how the Lord has been orchestrating my life. How He has been guiding my life, the path that I am on and the people that I have met, especially since being here in Kennesaw, Georgia.
I feel as if I am in a phase in my walk and relationship with the Lord, in my writing, ministry and this class that I am now attending.
I have a sense of expectancy, that when the Lord is finished, others will know that it is truly the Lord that has gone before me on this path called life. That He has been preparing this path all my life to get me to the place that I am now in Him and that is something that the Lord wants us to know is that He is truly in charge, that He will bring us through.
Though we may not always understand at the moment and the times may be dark, it is during these times that I am learning that He is the closest and we are to look to Him and trust Him and the light will shine forth and we will begin to understand little by little that He is indeed carrying us through.
Our faith, our trust is truly in Him!
Till later,
Paul