Some people spend their lives trying to erase it by living in denial. Many strive to rewrite it by seeking one relationship after another in hope of a happy ending. Others will give up on the idea that hearts can change, that people change. History repeats itself as they lie face down on the floor of life, their eyes fixed on the trashcan.
And a few of us take a stand. We go to the God of the universe and scream the questions: How and Why? We continue screaming until our wounded hearts find the courage to whisper new questions. Who? Who are you, and who were we intended to be before the harmful act of another penned the ruin in our lives? And then something amazing happens. Love appears and agrees that we need more than a new story. We need a new heart. And He's just the One to deliver.
This is my story. It's the destiny of humanity--the run, the return, the wrestle, and the redemption. If a life can be a book, I open mine to you. May every dark story be transformed into a God story. Those are the ones we love to tell and long to hear again and again.