beautifully broken

Things can be even more beautiful after they have been broken.
It is so easy to live with regret. To look back and wish desperately that things could have passed you by or you would have acted differently. But I have realized lately that sometimes we actually have to go through circumstances to become who we were meant to be.
You see in those times it is often revealed who truly is meant to be in your life. Who are your people
Because those who are meant for you WILL forgive, they won’t necessarily forget … but they will not hold it against you. Rather, they will come beside you and challenge you and encourage you and stand by you while you get through it.
And getting through it can be messy. It can be hard. But it is life changing.
I am realizing to embrace the things that stretch me and cause me to grow. Because I am seeing how truly beautiful those are who I am meant to share my heart with.