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The Broken Road

by Shannon Heiden  
11/11/2008 / Devotionals

And as He was leaving Jericho, a blind man named Bartimaeus, was sitting by the road. When he heard that it was Jesus, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, have mercy on me!" Many were telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." So they called the blind man, saying; He is calling for you." And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, " I want to see again!" And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road.
Mark 10:46


Beautiful One; "What is the Truth You Know, For the Trouble You Face?"

We are all traveling on a road to somewhere but what happens when the road you're on is broken, discombobulated, pot holes are everywhere, what happens when your road is closed?

What happens when you realize that the road you're on is going in circles leading you back to the same place and you find yourself stuck?

Maybe you started out at a good pace, making good time, plans were made but somewhere along the way, because of something, you hit a bump in the road and now you're no longer moving, you're just sitting on the broken road.

Others are on the road with you but they are just passing you by, they are coming and going but you, you're just sitting, shrugging your shoulder's and asking" WHY".

But the truth is; someone else could take the hand you've been dealt, AND WIN WITH IT!


Better yet, SO CAN YOU!!!!

Beautiful One, the trials and hardships we face can either define our faith or destroy it. If we are not careful to keep our eyes on the Lord then before we know it, we will have lost our sight and we're not just sitting anymore, now we're sitting blinded on the road.

We can't see what's ahead; all we are left with is the dark memory of what the road we traveled on brought us to.

One thing about Bartimaeus is; at one point he had vision, he told Jesus "I want to see again", but somewhere on his broken road, he lost it, he got hit by adversity, so he just sat down and settled for survival.

Instead of stepping on ground, he sat on some; he became a borrower, not a lender, he become the tail instead of the head, no vision, no movement, just survival. At some point he settled for what is, instead of, what is to come.

Beautiful One, are you sitting, blinded on the road?

Well today the Lord is calling for you, get up and tell him what you need from him. Bartimaeus did, He was tired of sitting on the road, he was tired of not being able to see what others could, he was tired of surviving, this was his chance to leap over the potholes and get back into the game.

I am wondering, are you tired of just surviving, just tired of sitting blinded and stuck, wishing things were different for you?
It's time to get up from where you're at, for the Lord is calling and He is asking you what he did of Bartimaeus; "what do you want me to do for you?"

Maybe you don't have parents, HE is a Father to the fatherless, no husband or distant one at best, HE is your husband, you are his bride, your child ran off, BUT while they are a long way off He sees them and is running to them, you lost your job; He is El Shaddai, your provider who opens the door for a better one, sick in your body, HE is your great physician and by HIS strips you are healed, Is your mind troubled; for HE will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed upon HIM, friends have forsaken you; HE is the friend that sticks closer than any brother, lost your name; HE is your kinsman redeemer and HE gives you a new one.

What is it that you need from Him?

All you have to do is ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and the door will be open to you, and you like Bartimaeus by stepping UP to Faith, will receive your sight again and get back to following the Lord.

So you hit a road block, maybe the detour was long, it doesn't matter; forgetting what is behind, reaching towards what is ahead, we press on toward the mark for it is a high call and from where you're at, there is no where else to go but UP!

Beautiful One, don't forget, that HE himself will bind up the broken hearted and give sight to the blind, it is HE that sets the captives free, HE will give you a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness and He will proclaim the year of the Lords favor upon your life and HE will do it all, On The Broken Road..

Beautiful One, Just Believe, because HE IS the Truth You Know, For the Trouble You Face..

Shannon Heiden
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