::thank you::

it has been a gift for us to have this invitation into your hurt, a very bittersweet gift.

please know what a testimony you and your family have been as you have so honestly shared your pain and this agonizing healing process in front of a watching world and a community of people who are learning to trust Him more because of your humility.

i know that the wonderful friends and amazing family surrounding you will still never be capable of fully empathizing with you.

no one else will ever understand what you are experiencing as no one else knew that man and that boy the way that you did.
and i imagine that this is the hardest part of it all.

you come to church week after week, still broken, tears evidence that this struggle is not one that will not be short-lived
(as much as i wish it could be, for you)

thank you for living your story so openly.
thank you for clinging so tightly to His goodness.
thank you for the constant reminder that we live with hope only because of the promise of His return.
and redemption, reconciliation, restoration.

and the reputation that your husband left
speaks volumes about the woman that you are,
your integrity
your discernment
your grace
your humility
your love.

thank you for continuing to persevere.

may He grant you a greater measure of His grace and peace.

numbers 6.24-26