Hope

Hope. That was the word I received as I sought the Lord for direction in 2012. I'm excited about that after the really hard last three years I've had. I took a blogging break for about 6 weeks to get quiet with the Lord, and I sense a shift in direction in my prayer life. I was feeling very hopeful as I started this new year because I had spent the prior 12 weeks in a class offered through my church called, "Restoring Relationships: Healing for the Brokenhearted." It was really quite a journey and not an easy one. The course prompts you to look at your wounds, some I hadn't thought about for 30 years. The concept is to recognize the pain, validate it, receive reconciliation and forgiveness, and become healed. That is exactly what happened to me, and for the first time in my life, I don't feel at ought with anyone. I feel at peace. I feel whole. I am renewed! And I will be helping teach the class next semester at my church! God is good. He can turn any pain into a purpose!

The class is a DVD/workbook format, but if anyone desires to do this on their own, you can order the workbook and it alone would bring amazing healing. It was the best $15 I ever spent. The results were life changing.