Sometimes...

Sometimes confusion reigns, and we can't move a single step for fear of going the wrong way. It takes over, creating fear and pain in our lives... Or do pain and fear create confusion? Or do they all come together?
And sometimes, we become numb, because to be numb is better than to feel pain. But to become numb to pain also numbs us to love... And love is something we can't heal without.
So we cry out. We cry out to God, to anyone, to love us. To save us. To protect us. Because we can't do it alone. We can't do it at all.
And He listens, as tears fill His holy eyes. He cries for us, because He felt that pain... He knows what it's like. To feel unwanted, to feel unloved, to feel unworthy... He knows. He, the King of everything, who had an unfathomably better life than we, came to earth. He endured the pain. And why?
To show us that we're loved
To be there for us
To listen
To cry with us
To hold us in His tender arms and whisper that you are everything He ever wanted...
To get into the dirtiness of our lives and offer to take it away, free of charge; though it cost Him His very life.
That is how much He loves you
He always listens. He always cares. But He does not always take away the hurt; not yet. Because He knows...He knows that we need hurt to grow. He knows when we are broken, that is when we are truely beautiful. That when we are weak is when we are strong.
Sometimes...
Winter. Hard, cold, cruel. Even what appears to be beautiful can prove to be cold. But winter never lasts... No, first there is a thaw. And the thaw can look even worse than the winter itself. But wait, wait child. God knows what He's doing. For after the thaw, green starts to spring up. And not only green, but other colors as well. Winter does not last forever. It may come again, but there is always spring, and summer will always follow.
Sometimes... God brings about an unexpected spring. And it is just FULL of joy, and love, and peace... Full of who He is.
Sometimes... We're so wrapped up in winter that we despair that spring will come again. But it will, for look child, God knows what He is doing.