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By Robin McGowan
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You see, that dark motel is really my heavy heart right now. Moreover, I need to remember the conditions of my heart, although bruised, are only for a short time. I truly am in a place of intense pain and change, but nonetheless, I am here. I forget that I have ever felt good and whole. I forget that I felt joy and hope in the past. As I go through the process of divorce, some days feel like a cold, dark, lifeless motel room. The hurt and pain seem needlessly intense. And although I know intellectually that God will work everything together for good in my life, my heart lags behind as it struggles to catch up. I thought of the verse, “Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.” Proverbs 14:10 NIV Perhaps that is why it hurts so much. Often, it is so hard to express that hurt, other than through quietness and tears. I also know that God is so faithful, for He is an ever-present help in trouble. Many times my prayers do not make sense to me, and my thoughts are swirling around my emotions, much like the wind outside. At those times, I just look up and say, “Jesus, please help me. Please give me hope again and let me see life through your eyes. Heal my tender hurting heart, for I know you have a better plan for my life.” I then remember another verse, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.” And I thank him for knowing my heart better than I.
I know the next time that I am able to stay in a “hotel,” I will appreciate that space more than I ever have before, because the pain has changed me. I will have shed the pain of the old, and embraced a renewed heart, a new life. Pain has a way of making you hypersensitive to all that is around you, even joy. And as removed as I may feel from joy right now, I happily anticipate joy occupying my heart again. For now, I need to recall, “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.” Psalm 130:5 I think that is best place of all.
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