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Broken together

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2015 15 Apr
The only way to last forever/is to be broken together

Dare I say that marriage is not the fairy tale we dream it will be–not for any of us. The highs of marriage are breathtaking…but the lows are, too.

Sometimes I can hear a song like Casting Crowns’ “Broken Together” fifty times before I hear it in a moment of grace. Casting Crowns has been a favorite Christian band of mine ever since their music helped me cling to my faith as a young model living in Manhattan (a post or two coming one day on that experience!).

While the days are long and the crosses heavy for Michael and me some days, God has brought us through some tough things. We have been broken together in some significant ways so far in our marriage, but it’s amazing how wonderful being healed together can be as God leads you out on the other side of the valley of death.

“Together we are in love with God. God has for His purposes drawn us together so that we might find our salvation in each other’s presence, and that together we might fulfill a common mission.” -Fr. Robert Barron

Easter Sunday, 2015
“Broken Together”
What do you think about when you look at me
I know were not the fairy tale you dreamed we’d be
You wore the veil, you walked the aisle, you took my hand
And we dove into a mystery

How I wish we could go back to simpler times
Before all our scars and all our secrets were in the light
Now on this hallowed ground, weve drawn the battle lines
Will we make it through the night

Its going to take much more than promises this time
Only God can change our minds

Maybe you and I were never meant to be complete
Could we just be broken together
If you can bring your shattered dreams and Ill bring mine
Could healing still be spoken and save us
The only way we’ll last forever is broken together

How it must have been so lonely by my side
We were building kingdoms and chasing dreams and left love behind
Im praying God will help our broken hearts align
And we wont give up the fight

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I'm Erin, a Catholic wife, speaker, writer, and mother of six. Since I started my blog way back in 2009, my life has been a roller coaster of babies, plot twists and a plane crash or two. I've been chronicling things here as I've been learning to love and suffer and laugh and trust in the goodness of God in the ordinary and the extraordinary--with a little espresso and a lot of Divine Mercy. Read More…

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