Gather The Broken Pieces

"My tears have been my food day and night, while all day long people say to me, 'Where is your God?'" - Psalm 42:3 "Raise your voice loudly. Raise it, do not be afraid! Say... 'Here is your God.'" - Isaiah 40:9b The dark will try to tell you that God is not near. One of the worst things about depression is how it tries to isolate you...not just from people, but also from God by making you feel like He is far away. The dark is lying. God is here...right with you, right within reach. He has not left, He has not turned away, He has not forgotten you. When I walked through my depression, one of the questions I continually wept-prayed (yes, that should be a word) was "Where are You?!" The darkness that surrounded my mind and heart made it incredibly difficult to know that God was near. Because if He is, why is it so dark? Why so much pain and hurt? How can He be near me when I feel like I'm drowning? But He was. He never left my side. N...

I saw this picture on Instagram a couple of weeks ago. It's a magnificent shot of a bridge in Vietnam. I think it's amazing the amount of time and effort that was put into designing and then building such a complex structure. But more than that, I think it's amazing that God can use a random picture of a bridge to speak life to a tired soul if I take the time to listen. Ever since I saw this picture, my mind keeps being drawn back to it. The hands captivate me. They remind me of God's hands. And the bridge itself reminds me of the road I walk and how it's held up by the hands of my God. Notice how the bridge turns. The people walking along on the far left or right of the picture can't see what's around that turn. Anything could be waiting for them around that bend - good or bad - and they won't see it clearly until they're there. Just like in life. The road we were on that we thought was straight starts to bend and turn in ways we didn't expe...