This morning I read these words of one of my blogger friends. Her words were music to my ears. She has been through some very rough waters. This morning her post was full of encouragement and hope.
I Can See the Flowers!
I know it's been a long while since I've posted, but it's been a good thing. I finally feel like I'm beginning to come out of my depression! Even just writing that sentence brings a tear to my eye. I've felt powerless over my thoughts, feelings and actions over the year and a bit and I am finally feeling like I'm getting myself back. Everything has been black, bleak, scary, overwhelming and sad. But lately, I've noticed flowers and trees and plants - and everything looks so beautiful to me! I can't remember the last time I saw or felt beauty. I have been painting a lot... and my paintings have even been taking an entirely new direction. I feel like I've been frozen or stuck in a cave for the last couple of years and I've finally been found (ironically, I found myself).
What has it been like for you to go from a painful past to a peaceful present? How did you make the journey?
About Me
- David Michael
- Katy, Texas, United States
- Being a husband and a father is the greatest blessing in my life. I am also a Special Educator to students with an autism spectrum disorder.
4 comments:
I went from being a philosophy student who was searching for "wisdom" to a Christian who accepted "wisdom" when she realized it came in the form of a Savior.
The gospel is a good deal.
:)
I learned what forgiveness meant. Through Christ, I was able to forgive and that was the key that unlocked the door for me.
Thank you, David!
I am like Dee, I would take up too much space to even begin to touch the painful past and how I got to where I am now.
I can testify (is that an allowable word?) God knew I had sunk so low and He never left me or deserted me. When I came to, He picked me up and placed me where I could be loved back on my feet. I tribute the Monterey Church in Lubbock (where I returned as an adult and where I grew up as a teen), for not shooting the wounded, loving me for whose I was, not condeming me and for those gals in my Bunko group who loved me back to righteousness.
Today, God placed me and my husband at Golf Course Road church in Midland. What an awesome group of believers! I cannot begin to say how special that church is to us, in a short amount of time. GCR truly is a New Testament example of what church should be.
Okay, I've written enough!
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