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The truth is, our lives are going to be hard, even if and when we pray or listen or rely on Him. But in all things, all moments, all days, all challenges—He is good.

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Don’t try to make your ugliness pretty. Don’t try to turn heartbreak into something picture-perfect. It sucks. And it’s okay that it sucks.

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Sometimes God uses the tough moments to teach us. That we do not have to exist here on our own. That we should never carry burdens without help. That we are infinitely valuable, even when we don’t believe or see this worth.

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What you have, what you’ve always had is your Father’s love. And His love will fill every broken piece, every cracked crevice, every spot of loneliness, or fear, or longing you feel.

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I pushed you away and you didn’t fight for me, not even a bit, you effortlessly let me go my own way.

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When love is real and true, there is no way to fully get over it.

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You will breathe. You will close your eyes. You will remind yourself of your wholeness.

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Loneliness will show you how to pay attention to your own voice, to trust yourself.

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I built you up. I asked you to be vulnerable, to open up to me and to talk about your previous heartaches. My intentions were never to hurt you.

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The pain becomes your motive, and you do things because you’re hurt, or sad, or angry. And while heartbreak is all of these terrible things, it still isn’t something to fear.