Yesterday, I walked a place with deeply painful memories for me for the first time since 2012.
It was hard, but I did it for Father Jake, who had died.
Driving home, I thanked God for Fr. Jake & for the good people in my life who taught me to trust again.

Today, I want to tell you this:
I don’t know what is hurting you. I don’t know how long you have been carrying that hurt.
What I do now is that 8 years ago, I assumed I would never be whole again and I was wrong.
The process of healing continues, but I know each

day I feel the wounds fade. The process was slow & gentle, because our God is patient & I am so breakable.
He sent and sends me good people who love me & proved they were worthy of my trust.
He helped me forgive, showing me how to put down the burden of anger & sorrow and keep

walking.
He showed me how to pray for my enemies & genuinely love them.
He showed me how to use my pain as a fuel to ensure that I treated everyone I could with my absolute best.
I share these things in the hope that they will give you hope.

I share these things that you will stay faithful to the process of turning over every bad memory, sad thought and painful emotion to our God.
Let him take each of those and transform them, placing them back in your heart as something new and beautiful.

Healing is coming.
Mercy is coming.
Good people are coming.
Be strong dear hearts, you belong to God.
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