Bless the Broken Road

I’ve heard this song many times, but the lyrics really spoke to my heart as I listened to it on the way to work this morning. Some of you are aware of the fact that I started therapy in February for suspected binge eating disorder. Christian counseling helped me see that I still had a lot of unresolved issues from my past, which led me to the point of finally accepting God’s wonderful gift of grace. As a result, I have discovered the joy of a close relationship with God. It hasn’t been easy, though. I’ve been working through some very difficult issues and have confronted a lot of things that are painful to deal with. I have recognized that I am an emotional mess and that I am in desperate need of help. There are days that I feel clinically depressed, but I’ve also sensed God’s presence in my life like never before. Even though I still struggle on a daily basis, I am so thankful that God used my relationship with food to get my attention and bring me to the place I need to be in my relationship with Him, straight into His loving arms. I feel God working and transforming me from the inside out. However distressing it may be, it’s worth it in the end because God is turning me into the person that He created me to be. I pray that you will be blessed with the words to this song as I have been.

Bless the Broken Road by Selah

I set out on a narrow way
Many years ago
Hopin’ I would find true love
Along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
I wiped my brow
Kept pushin’ through
I couldn’t see how every sign
Pointed straight to you

And every long lost dream
Led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were just northern stars
Pointing me on my way
Into your lovin’ arms
This much I know is true
God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you.

I think about the years I spent
Just passin’ through
I’d like to take the time I lost
And give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You’ve been there you understand
It’s all part of His grander plan
That is coming true.

And every long lost dream
Led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart
They were just northern stars
Pointing me on my way
Into your lovin’ arms
This much I know is true
God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you.

Now I’m just rollin’ home
Into your lovin’ arms
This much I know is true
God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you.

Yes, God bless the broken road
That led me straight to you.