Through the Eyes of a Lion by Levi Lusko

Author:Levi Lusko
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2015-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

GOD HAS TAUGHT MY HEART TO SING AGAIN, AND TUCKED AWAY IN THE MINOR KEY, I HEAR HIS PROMISE OF ALL THAT IS YET TO COME.

God has taught my heart to sing again, and tucked away in the minor key, I hear his promise of all that is yet to come. I can honor Lenya by dancing and laughing just as I can by crying. There are good days and bad days, good hours and bad hours. For a long time it felt as if I’d take three steps forward and twelve steps back, an awful real-life game of Chutes and Ladders. From time to time, I still get taken to a very low place by a rogue wave, but in general my emotions have become much more stable.

If you have just experienced an unexpected hardship—a relationship breaking up, a friend betraying you, or having to uproot and move across the country . . . again—the sadness can seem insurmountable in the beginning. It will get better. Maybe today, while the wounds are fresh, the pain hurts so much you can hardly believe you will come to a place where the suffering is under control. I understand. But keep moving. You mustn’t be overwhelmed by the immensity of the journey. Focus on your next step and then the next. You are going to make it.

Just as pregnancy has a pleasurable beginning and a painful ending, grief starts with something brutal and ends with something beautiful: heaven. Not only will you become stronger as you continue to fight your way through the process, but you are moving toward the sunrise. The Son of righteousness will one day arise, with healing in his wings. It should encourage you considerably to remember that there is an end in sight—and no, the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train. This trial will not last forever. Paul said if we have hope only for this life we are of all men most likely to be pitied—but we have hope for the next life (1 Corinthians 15:19). We will be reunited with those who have sailed before us to the distant shores of paradise. The hurting will end forever. Jesus will fully and finally turn off the dark once and for all.

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