Time doesn’t heal
Time changes the pain
God heals as he turns our pain into pathways to Him

Ann Voskamp explains that our pain inflicts holes in our soul, and those holes become portals through which we see God… I love this

My beautiful sister has been gone from this earth for 16 years now. I can tell you first hand that time doesn’t heal. Only the grace of God and his powerful peace giving spirit heals your pain. He heals in such a way that you see beauty and possibilities again. It never goes away, but you begin to live without the daily edge of the pain.

Ann Voskamp lost a sister, maybe that is why I relate so well…

As I remember the loss, the pain… I look forward with hope. I see a God who makes beauty for ashes and joy for our mourning… that is not a lie