Broken

Simple word, isn't it? However, it packs such a punch in our lives. I'm extremely heavy laden this morning. My heart is breaking for families all around me. Ones facing terminal illnesses, sicknesses, marital issues ,and just brokenness. God blessed me with the the gift of mercy. I know this because it was based on a long list of my misuses of the gift. I tend to want to do my best to fix the problems and heartaches of the ones I love. But, Isaiah 55:8-9 says...
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
God has a plan...a purpose for the troubles and trials we face. Now, do I understand it all? No way. Do I understand why a young, new mother of a 4, 2, & 5 day old is facing death with the diagnosis of stage 4 cancer? No. Do I understand why a family I love faces a broken home and the possibility of divorce? No. But God knows and He has a plan for making us more like Him. I think the thing that really weighs on me most is even just in these 2 particular instances I described, it could be MY circumstances. I'm not above anything either of these 2 particular families are facing.
However, I refuse to live in the pit today. I will think on the promises of God. I will remember He is Lord of ALL....the Beginning and the End...my Comfort and my Refuge.

Lord, thank You for being those things. Thank You that You never allow more to happen to us than we need. I pray for all the families on my heart this morning. Lord, You're the only Hope most of these families have including my own. Help my thoughts be captivated by You and honoring You. Thank You, Lord, for being my All in all.