Waving Goodbye

Waving Goodbye

Kim, the kids and I loaded up in the car for the long trip back to Texas from Tennessee.  We all waved one last time to my Aunt Marge and my cousin, Sherry as they stood outside the house with their little Pomeranian, Pumpkin.

It had been a great visit.  I was leaving filled to the brim with blessings.  It had been several decades since we had visited with each other.  You might wonder why it had been so long since we had seen each other.  The short answer is that my Dad left us for another woman when I was only four years old and his entire side of the family became estranged from my mother, brother and I.  It had literally taken decades to heal the damage done by my Dad’s sinful act.

After God restored my relationship with the Lord through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ, He simultaneously began restoring my broken relationships with my father.  When the Lord finally led me to reach out to my Dad, God worked supernaturally to heal our broken relationship.  Afterwards, God began working to restore my relationship with the rest of my family that had become alienated over the years. 

What I found out about God is that He not only seeks to restore our relationship with Himself, He also wants to heal all of our brokenness.  He seeks to renew us through our coming to terms with the relationships in our lives that are wounded due to sin.  Jesus tells us in John 10:10; “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

When God works in our hearts, He intends to completely heal us.  He knows the inmost pains of our hearts and He sets out to totally renovate our lives.   

I’m really glad that God led my Aunt Marge and me to have a visit that was long overdue.  I left Tennessee filled to the brim with the abundant healing that Christ had poured into my life.  How about you?  Is God leading you to reach out to someone with whom your relationship is broken?  Give God a chance to pour His healing oil onto your heart so that you can be set free to live the life abundant in Him.