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BLESS the Broken Road



I love this song.  I'm not a country fan.  If you know me, you know that much.  But I've loved this song from the moment I heard it.  And yes, others have done it as well but I must admit, I like this country version the best!  I kind of like Rascall Flats.  Shhhhhhh...don't tell anyone!

Anyway...I heard this song today while listening to my MP3 player and getting some cleaning done (which is HIGHLY over-rated).  And it made me think about a lot of things.  I won't get into all of them but I will talk about a few. 

One of the questions I've asked myself several times over the last year and a half is "would I do it all over again?"  And most of the time, I say ABSOLUTELY YES!!!  But I have these moments...where it hurts...and I remember those small things that hurt the most...the things that made me question what was true and what wasn't...and I wonder to myself, "If I had known then what I know now, would I have gone ahead and went through it all?"  And at those moments, I wonder...

I hate that I wonder.  I hate that I sometimes second guess those decisions to brought me to here.  I hate that I wonder if I was doing what God wanted me to do.  That's probably what I hate the most.  I knew from the beginning that this wouldn't be easy.  I said it in a blog almost two years ago.  I titled it "Hmmmm..."  And how appropriate that was.  But still...even though I felt like I knew I was doing what God was asking...and I knew it wouldn't be easy, I have these moments where I wonder. 

But then I heard that song today.  And I was reminded that if I hadn't taken that road...if I had chosen not to do what God wanted...well, I would have missed out on some wonderful things.  Lots of them.  And even though it was a rough road...and I have these moments where I feel...I don't know what the word is...broken I suppose.  It's ok!  It's more than ok.  Cause yes...I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN!  It was worth it.  All of it.  I learned lots about me.  I've learned things about the people around me.  I've learned what I'm capable of.  I've learned about things I need to change.  I've learned that God never said it would be easy.  You hear that all of the time but until you're in the middle of it and come out on the other side, you don't really realize what people are talking about. 

So I'm thankful for my broken road.  Cause it brought me to you...and you...and you...  And I know there will be some other broken roads.  But I also know that those broken roads will bring me to other wonderful, and amazing things and people.  I'd be lying if I was saying I was looking forward to those broken roads...cause in some ways, I'm really not!  Hey, I'm just being honest.  But I will try to remind myself what will be at the end of those broken roads. 

And right now, as some of those hard moments come to mind...and I wonder about things...I'm going to try really hard to remind myself what was at the end (and even in the middle) of this broken road....and how thankful I am that I followed what God wanted for me right down that broken road... 

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Kelly's Lucky You said…
What a beautiful, beautiful post! You touched my heart.

I'm proud to be your newest follower, looking forward to reading more.
April 19, 2010 at 3:26 AM
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