Finish this simple sentence: The world revolves around ___________.

I heard that.
First instinct on our little Mad Libs adventure was, “me.”
The world revolves around me.

But does it?
Should it?
Even if you wanted it to, would it?

No, no, and no.
So why do we keep trying to make it?

What if we tried something different?

What if, just for the next hour, we “allowed” the world to revolve around the people walking on the carpet in the rest of the house we are living in?

Or our neighbors with whom we share fences?
Or our friends on facebook?
Or the next phone call or text message?

Or, … God?

When we change the focus of the revolution, revolutions happen.

“I want to be part of your story.”

“If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus one day, so I never have to live without you” (Winnie the Pooh).

“After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning — It is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her” (Mark Twain).

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out” (Elizabeth Barrett Browning).

Profound Loss
Day 124

When you go through divorce, you experience a profound sense of loss, and that makes the loneliness deeper.

Harriet says, “What was so bad is that I knew what it felt like to be loved, to be cherished, to not be lonely, to have a full life. All of a sudden it seemed like my life was over. I was convinced that I would never be loved again, that I would die alone. I don’t ever want to feel like that again.”

Danny shares, “At some of those darkest hours, I would envision Christ on the cross or envision Him going through what led up to the cross—the pain and suffering He endured. When I was able to focus on that, it made my problems seem so much smaller. At my darkest hours I would concentrate on Christ Himself. That helped me tremendously.”

Your loss is real and intense, but you will make it through this. Know that Jesus Christ is the One who knows exactly how you feel. He knows how deep your hurts are, and His tears are flowing with yours. Crawl into His strong arms and let Him love you.

“Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning” (Lamentations 5:15).

Lord Jesus, it’s hard to imagine that You have felt this kind of pain and that You feel my pain. I feel so alone in this. But I know You are here for me in my darkest times, and I believe in You with all my heart. Amen.

(from http://www.divorcecare.org/healing/ Daily Emails)

“If we feel that divorce disqualifies us from being accepted and used, then we are saying that the sin of divorce is more powerful than the blood of Jesus” (Myles Monroe).