“God can heal a broken heart, but He has to have all the pieces.”

Only when we become passionate about dealing with our painful experiences can a deep healing take place that we desperately desire.  There is hope in healing, and hope leads to freedom.  Freedom will come when we have faith to trust in Him.  Truth is our hope is found in Christ; but, lack of faith can stand in the way of our passion to heal.

Ultimately the truth is that it is not within our power to always run the race, and to go the distance by ourselves. We will fail, every one of us, alone. That is why we need the Author and Finisher of our faith, the One who is able to keep us from falling. With His help we can go the distance gaining the prize of His life—that He died for our sins so that we could live.  Christ fulfilled what we could not see.

If the Gospel brings about true freedom, or I like to think “free to be me”, then in essence His message brings us hope.  Not just for today, but for the future of His Kingdom.  One of my Pastors told me that, “God’s grace gives us freedom from despair and pride.”  Truth is, that we can have hope to “carry on”, if we let His grace free us of our idols of our sinful nature.

Finally, I was thinking about a J.R.R. Tolkien poem:

“All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost;

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,

A light from the shadows shall spring;

Renewed shall be blade that was broken,

The crownless again shall be king.”

I was thinking about how Christ did not much look like a King during His reign on Earth; in fact, he probably had similarities to that of a ranger.  The only crown Jesus wore was a crown of thorns.  But through the Gospel we find hope.  We learn the truth of God’s mercy, grace, and justice.  Knowing all of these things, we should be able to seek His Kingdom—where the crownless again shall be King…of all Kings.

Be passionate!  Have hope!  Truth and freedom came and He will come again.  Hallelujah!