Divine Intervention

I wasn't sure if I was going to sit down and write a post tonight. I felt like there was nothing for me to say that would be able to capture everyone's attention like I want. But, as you can probably guess, I've been inspired. Divine intervention. I'm sure you've all heard that term before, many times. What does a divine intervention mean to you? For me, it's just that. There is no "proper" definition. It is what you make of it. In fact, I feel more comfortable calling it a beautiful interruption. Yeah, I like that. 


For now, I want to take a closer look at the word "intervention." After searching through many different definitions of the word, I feel like the one that applies to my life the most is "the act or fact of interfering so as to modify." From the moment my husband mentioned the word "deployment," my life has been significantly modified. Until a few weeks ago, I acted like a child that just got her favorite toy smashed with a hammer. I kicked and I screamed and I threw tantrums... daily. I felt like my entire world was collapsing around me. I was angry at my husband, his job, the life I chose, and I was especially angry at God. He was doing this to me, after all, this horrible thing. He was tearing my family apart and He was doing it on purpose. How could He bless us with such a precious, beautiful gift only to spill out an entire ocean between us? What a mess He created. 


Now I want to discuss the present, and with it, the word "divine." Once again, I searched over several sites on the definition of divine and feel drawn to "supremely good or beautiful; magnificent." But Elyssa, you just wrote a whole paragraph on how angry you are about all this, now you're going to try and say it's a divine thing? A magnificent thing? Yes. Because it is. At least, that's how it's turning out to be. My marriage is now the strongest it has ever been. I'm not saying our marriage has ever been in trouble but it's definitely been shaken, it's been tested, but our foundation has always proven strong. I'm learning more about myself, I'm bonding with my beautiful daughter, and I feel like I am maturing more so than ever. 


So thank you God, I understand now.