Leftovers

Even the word "leftovers" has a negative connotation in our culture.

"What are you eating for dinner tonight?"

Leftovers.

You know, the stuff that was not chosen the first time.

If divorce was chosen for you, you may feel like a leftover. Not chosen. Left behind. It's not a good feeling. Definitely not positive. In Family Court you are referred to simply as the respondent. What a crappy word!

We want to be proactive and not reactive in our culture. But if divorce was chosen for you you are forced to be reactive. You are leftover.

There's even a popular TV series on HBO right now called the leftovers about people who are left behind after some sort of rapture. It's very entertaining. People are confused about why others were chosen and they were not.

Not chosen. That's how divorce feels sometimes.

But today I want you to consider that some leftovers are amazing! My chili is always better the second day and even better the third day! My mom's meatloaf was always wonderful out of the refrigerator. Maybe even better than out of the oven!

You are not a leftover. That's not who you are. Ever.

God is able to redeem the years you have lost. Here's what God says to those who love Him in the Bible:

Joel 2:25-27 I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you. “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, who has dealt wondrously with you."

So.... Keep going. One step at a time and one day at a time. We are just going in the slow cooker a little longer and it's a sometimes slow, very slow process but a delicious result!

I am With you on the journey!

-Kevin