Where I’ve Been.

I’ve been broken.

I’ve been empty.

I’ve been afraid.

I’ve been taken advantage of.

I’ve been apart of a broken family.

I’ve been lied to.

I’ve been pushed aside.

I’ve been treated as if I were not enough.

I’ve been on my bedroom floor in broken sobs.

I’ve been in my dorm room alone, physically trying to hold myself together because I was unaware that I was having my first panic attack.

I’ve been desperate.

I’ve been in my car screaming and begging for God to take me home.

…but I’m still here.

I’ve been to all of those places; I have experienced all of those things, but now,

I’ve been saved.

I’ve been given hope.

I’ve been shown mercy.

I’ve been anointed.

I’ve been called.

I’ve been called "beloved."

I’ve been healed.

I’ve been loved unconditionally.

I’ve been washed by the blood of a perfect Savior.

I’ve been washed white.

I’ve been held by the arms of grace.

I’ve been given a faith that is now unshakable.

I’ve been redeemed.

I don’t know where you’ve been, I don’t know what your chaos looks like, and I don’t know your storm, but I know that you are also all of those things.

You are still here.

Maybe you have been to dark places, too, but you made it. You are here, living, breathing, and thriving.

You are not where you’ve been.

Maybe you feel like you are in a dark place right now, but please hear me when I say that The Lord will not allow you to go through more than you can handle.

He has called you for such a time as this.

When you feel like the walls of your world are caving in, remember that you are here, you have made it this far.

God has never begun a work that He did not finish, and He is not finished with you.

He is not finished with your testimony.

God is a faithful God.

He will never abandon you, and He will never leave you.

He is in the waiting.

He is in the stillness.

He will meet you where you’re at, just ask Him to.

In the waiting is where I found Him.

I am here, and right here is where He met me.

I’ve been shattered, but through His never-ending love,

I’ve been made whole.