Alone and Empty~

Standing alone and empty.........

This bill board has been this way for quite some time,  possibly a decade or more.

At one point in time it was a newly erected frame with a beautiful sign advertising the proud new owner's business. It shared the name, location and the type of business the owner was offering to the community. 

But now after years of standing through the heat, wind, rain and even some hurricane's, it stands shattered, rusted and empty. It no longer tells the community it's purpose for standing.......

It appears to be a forgotten piece of structure no longer in need or useful........

There have been times in my life I , too, have felt beaten, battered and torn. I have felt my sign (heart) was a useless space,shattered by the storms in my life,leaving me standing alone and empty. There have been days when I felt as though I had no purpose and I too, was a forgotten piece of "structure" in the world.

I saw myself with this huge capitol "D "on my chest telling the world I was divorced and unworthy to be loved.

I saw myself with shattered emotions and no way was I able to find much less put all the pieces back together.

On the inside I was an empty shell trying to find my place in a unforgiving, unlovable world.

~ Sad~  

I know......

My only happy moments came when I looked into my children's eyes and even then I felt I was a failure as a parent.

Broken family, broken dreams, broken bank account and broken hearts.....

These are the words that would run through my mind like  water in a flooding river .

~Sigh~

Standing Alone and Empty.......

At least that's what I thought.

 I was looking to the brokenness of my life and not the healer of my life.

I was focusing on the shattered, scattered pieces of my sign( heart) and not the repair......

I saw the rust, dust and dirt........

I allowed myself to get so weighed down with the negative, I couldn't lift my eyes to see where my help comes from......

It took me awhile but I got there and through the love of my daddy God, my beautiful prayer warriors and the love of my family I began to see Christ in my life.

It is He who raised me up out of the mire and the muck ......

Psalm 40:2

It is He who healed my heart and bound my wounds.....
Psalm 147:3

It is He who provided for me according to His riches and glory......

Philippians 4:19

It is He who called me by name....... " Beloved"

Romans 9:25

It is He who gave me strength to endure.......

Philippians 4:13

It is HE who loves me so much He sent his only son to die for me!!

John 3:16

The enemy of my soul tried his best to convince me I was standing alone. He tried to keep me empty and broken.........

The good news is our daddy God will never leave us as we are. He will meet us right where we are, never leaving nor forsaking us.

My sign (heart) now is bright, shiny. The dirt, dust and rust has been washed away by the blood of the lamb.

My sign (heart) now tells the world who I am in Christ......

I am part of the true vine......

John 15:1-2

I am more than a conqueror through Christ.....

Romans 8:37

I am a child of God.....

John 1:12

I am a friend of Jesus....

John 15:15

I have been justified and redeemed....

Romans 6:6

I will not be condemned by God,I have been set free from the law of sin and death....

Romans 8:1-2

As a child of God I am a fellow heir with Christ....

Romans 8:17

I am a new creature in Christ....

2 Corinthians 5:17

I have been set free in Christ...

Galatians 5:1

I no longer allow the world to tell me who I am, and on days when the the storms try to come in to shatter my sign, I tell my storm who I am in Christ!!!

I no longer feel as though I am  standing alone and empty~

I see purpose and a Godly journey to the destiny He has for me.

I see myself as a precious child of God~

What does your sign say??

Much love~

Stacey