Dear Beloved,

Are there sayings that you grew up with that no longer seem to make sense (or maybe never did)? What about the saying? – What doesn’t kill you only makes you tougher.

In a virtual gathering with the Conscious Caring Community a young adult shared that she was learning this was not her experience. Her wisdom resonated deeply with me. She said that she had been through some things that left her broken and her brokenness didn’t make her tougher but instead more resilient. How beautiful!!! How reflective!!!!

It is okay to acknowledge our brokenness as individuals and collectively in families, schools, workplaces, play spaces, neighborhoods, states, nations, global communities…. Brokenness is part of life. We are fragile. We are also created for healing, mending, and molding that leave us changed and transformed. Will we allow God to use our hurts? Will we become more resilient? What will that mean? How will that shape us?

May we find hope, healing, and help for each moment in the everlasting faithfulness of God our source of rest, redemption, repair, refreshment, reconciliation, and resiliency. May you find restoration and renewal in knowing you are loved. You are not alone.

- Sarah

Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted;
but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength,
they shall mount up with wings like eagles,
they shall run and not be weary,
they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:30-31