Rascal Flatts

Rascal Flatts sings in the chorus of one of my favorite country songs:

Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you

While the song is primarily about finding his true love, today somehow they spoke to me a different way. And I wasn't even listening to the song, though I am now. Read the lyrics to the chorus above.

Now put yourself in the place of singing this song to Christ. Could it be that our pain, sadness, broken hearts and dreams, have led us straight to Him? "God speaks to us in our pleasures but He shouts to us in our pain," Lewis writes in his book The Problem of Pain. Next time you hear the song, sing it to Him.

Bless the Broken Road by Rascal Flatts

I set out on a narrow way many years ago
Hoping I would find true love along the broken road
But I got lost a time or two
Wiped my brow and kept pushing through
I couldn't see how every sign pointed straight to you
(It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you. (1 Samuel 10:9))

Chorus
Every long lost dream lead me to where you are
Others who broke my heart they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
(Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in My arms; But they did not know that I healed them. (Hosea 11:3))
This much I know is true
That God blessed the broken road
(The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. (Psalm 51:17))
That led me straight to you

I think about the years I spent just passing through
I'd like to have the time I lost and give it back to you
But you just smile and take my hand
You've been there you understand
(For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15))
It's all part of a grander plan that is coming true
(Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, ' My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'. (Isaiah 46:10))