The Space In Between

The space in between darkness and dawn…..

the space where the morning star hovers and the sun’s rays have not yet touched the sky.

where the wash of a rising canopy warms the earth.

that is where God restores our stories.

Yes, there was pain in places darkness concealed: the hurt, the grief, the loss, the wounding words, the fractured relationships, the heaviness that settled to the bottom.

But when light begins to soften the rays of a new day brush the sky…..

when one sliver breaks through to warm the darkness

to warm the cold

to fill the space left empty…..

the heart begins to heal.

Allow the warmth of God’s light… a new day, a sunrise over the mountain….to uncover his foundation of his love. His glory, his presence framed you, even in the shadows.

His presence was secured for us for eternity the time he plunged into the deepest darkness. His rescue from the grip of darkness brings us into freedom and light.

This freedom can become a song.

A new story.

A restored story.

One like the one spoken of in the Psalms:

He lifted me out of the slimy pit out of the mud and mire;

he set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.

Many will see and fear the Lord

And put their trust in him. Psalm 40:2-3

Your pit may be an empty nest. An empty space where life once bustled in your home, now empty.

Your pit may be an empty heart. An empty space vacant by the recent loss of a loved one. A loss, not matter what form it takes, still demands a space to grieve.

Your pit may be an empty faith. A space void by discouragement or disappointment in the church or in God himself.

You are not alone in this space in-between. For in this space between darkness and dawn, loneliness and connection, grief and joy, He longs for you to stand firm on the foundation of His love: a love established at the intersection of two timbers in the shape of a cross.

This foundation cannot be moved.

It cannot be changed even, if all that surrounds you shifts and moves with the current. With the tide.

His kingdom was established forever and forever in that space between darkness and light.

He longs to restory your story in that same space,

the in-between space.

To give you a new song to sing.

To give you a firm place to stand.

His love restories.

#loverestoried.