If there’s one lesson that’s inevitable for us all to learn, it’s the fact that life often times isn’t easy & rarely seems fair. Let’s be honest, we all have areas in our lives that seem utterly insurmountable at times. It’s those situations that when we are forced to come face to face with them, they can rock our very faith to it’s core. In those moments, we have the choice to shy away or to face them head first with confidence and courage. As hard as the latter option may be, I believe it’s in those times where our courage bares most growth. How can we possibly hope to grow if the status quo of our lives is never called into question or challenged? Simply put, growth’s beginning always starts with a challenge.

However, what about those times when what we’re walking through leaves us in a state of utter & complete despair? What about those moments when it’s impossible to imagine life ever returning to what we once knew? It’s almost impossible to find any semblance of hope there. Often times, it’s because the aftermath of that battle leaves us wounded and in need of complete repair. Life, though, presents itself to us through a series of ups and downs. So it stands to reason that once we reach our lowest possible point, our rock bottom, that an upward climb to a new pinnacle is in our future. That idea of repair, healing, and simply finding the joy in the journey, is what this latest song is about.

Why is it that the hardest thing for us to believe is that there would be anyone who could understand our situation? Especially when scripture teaches of a God so loved this world that he would enter it to show us first hand how the creator of our universe can overcome the impossible. That picture is meant to offer hope in each and every situation we may encounter daily. Now our restoration may not present itself in a picture that’s neat, easy to understand, or that we would choose, but it does offer the opportunity to come into a deeper relation with our maker. God meets us where we are, and in the middle of what’s broken, starts putting us back together; & that’s where healing starts…

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Where Healing Starts

You walk
The bitter road you’re going nowhere
You don’t know
If God can even hear these prayers
Sorrow like a shadow
Following your footsteps
Then the sound of hope
Is floating on the midnight air

When tears can’t slow the aching beat
Of wounded and heavy hearts
Don’t forget that in the midst of brokenness
Is right where healing starts

God sees
Beauty in our imperfections
And that shows
Only he can make us whole
Though we feel
Sometimes we have been forsaken
It’s from the hurt
That we can know true hope

When tears can’t slow the aching beat
Of wounded and heavy hearts
Don’t forget that in the midst of brokenness
Is right where healing starts

For God so loved us
That he stepped into the world
To give us peace
Even though we hurt
We won’t be shaken
No we won’t be moved
Our God has saved us
Healed by his wounds

When tears can’t slow the aching beat
Of wounded and heavy hearts
Don’t forget that in the midst of brokenness
Is right where healing starts

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