When Life Hurts

 

Tonight I am getting ready for an impromptu visit to New Jersey, to be with one of my oldest and dearest friends. She lost her husband to cancer this morning, esophageal cancer. He worked at ground zero and all of those people breathed in so much poison. Many of those workers have died of one kind of cancer or another and many are still battling the disease.

During these past 5 months, Donna and I have talked about how there are many parallels in the circumstances of our lives at this time.

Every morning I get an email from the DivorceCare team. Today's email, more than any other day, draws from a pain that we are both feeling right now.

A person's heart is broken when the bonds of a relationship are broken. "A broken heart," explains Dr. Myles Munroe, "is actually the tearing of those bonds; it's like ripping a part of your life away and leaving these webs hanging and bleeding. A broken heart is so terrible that, according to the Word of God, Jesus Himself has to fix it." And another part: "God sent His Son, Jesus to earth to fulfill a purpose. That purpose is to draw people to Himself and to save them from sin, death, and brokenness. Jesus came to earth to preach and teach and to minister to the needs of everyone He met. Jesus made it clear that He would be available to meet the needs of every person.

My dear friend, God knows the path we are both to be on even though we don't know what steps to take. But He will show us the way and I trust that our steps will carry us forward toward His will for our lives.