When Your Heart is Broken

When your heart is broken, you stand at the crossroads. I know. I have stood there before. Too many times to count. And I have looked both ways before I crossed over. I looked to the left. I looked to the right. The Bible says not to look to the left or the right. The Bible tells us to look to Jesus, who authors and completes our faith. Most of the time my heart has been broken, I held it crushed and bruised in my hands and stumbled at the crossroads. I turned in circles and made myself dizzy. I cried out to people but broke further inside when they could not put my heart back together again. Only this last time did I take the hand of the Lord and go His way. I went to Him. I brought my broken heart to Jesus and He used my brokenness as an opportunity to take the hardness off my heart. He still has a lot of work to do. I brought Him decades of heartache. But He is my redeemer. He is my healer. He is so very gentle with my heart. He leads me forward. He will lead you, too, if you let Him. Don't stand at the crossoroads. Cross over - into His everlasting embrace.