"The heartaches we feel in this life are preparing us for something greater"
When I was younger I believed that the heart was actually shaped like the love heart shapes emblazoned on my pink princess bedding. I also believed that a broken heart was a physical thing and looked like those necklaces that were a heart split in two.
As I got older I learnt that not only does a heart look nothing like those love hearts on my sheets but also that heartbreak and heartache is an emotional feeling rather than a physical thing.
No one enjoys being hurt, either physically, mentally or emotionally. Sometimes we can be hurt by the people who we care about the most. Often those people who we trust the most can carry out acts or say words that shock us and hurt us more than if someone we don't know had done the same act. Emotional heartache is often the worst, unlike broken bones and cuts and bruises, there is no plaster cast or antiseptic cream that can be put on your heart to help heal it. Unfortunately , sometimes life hurts, it needs to in order to help us grow. Does this knowledge make it hurt any less? The simple answer to that is no it does not.
We do however have a promise that Heavenly Father can and will heal our hearts for us, whatever has hurt us, if we will let him. Heavenly Father also promises us that those heartaches we will feel will be for our good. Sometimes things don't work out the way we expected them to because The Lord is preparing us for something better. I have learnt that the best person to entrust your heart to is The Lord, trust in him and he will lead us along the path that is right for us until we end up exactly where we are supposed to be.
Yesterday I realised that the best way to get over pain , whatever that pain me be, is to smile!! I got to spend some time with my best friend vikki and her sister Bethany. Bethany is in a wheelchair and probably suffers more pain than you or I can imagine and yet I have never yet heard her complain or murmur. She is always smiling. She is filled with the spirit and her laugh is infectious. She has taught me to laugh and smile through adversity and challenges. She fills me heart with love,peace and joy and makes me feel grateful for all that I have. I am truly blessed to have this wonderful, beautiful and amazing daughter of God in my life.
Yesterday, as we sat eating Ice cream in the rain, I felt no sadness, only joy. I can honestly say, at that moment, there was nowhere else I would rather have been, and no one else I would rather have been with.
I feel blessed to have such wonderful people in my life, people who heal my heart and help me understand that I am a daughter of God and that I am blessed.
I know that everyone comes into my life for a reason, either to bless it or to help Heavenly Father teach me the lessons I need to learn and for that I am truly thankful.
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