“We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,
And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way
Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.
How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?
It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…”
~Rob Bell Drops Like Stars, tour.
October 16th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
That’s amazing. My life fell apart twice in one year. And yes, there has been astronomical spiritual growth through it. Thanks for publishing it, Kristin!
Hope you have an awesome weekend!!!