I'm a little nervous to tell this story, but I'm praying that God puts this video on the screen of every single woman fresh out of a breakup because this is going to encourage you like nothing else. I know the pain of being in a breakup. I know the pain of being crushed after it happens. I know the pain of a year going by and still feeling constantly triggered about it and not knowing how you're ever going to feel better. But this is the story of how God healed my heart within two months and then revealed to me my future husband in the craziest way you're not going to believe it. So I tried everything to feel better. I literally moved to Australia to try to escape the pain. But long story short, I got really sick over there. I don't think God wanted me there and I ended up having to come home. So all of a sudden, I'm 25, living at home with my family, no idea what I'm going to do with my life, heartbroken. It's almost been a year and I'm like, how am I still feeling this way? Pressed, anxious, all the things. And I ended up getting on my knees, praying to God, asking him, what else can I do to heal myself? What else can I do? And I kid you not, right after I asked him that, I hear this girl who's just talking right outside the bathroom to somebody and she says, I healed myself. And the only things that I needed to do were be around people who love me, let myself cry, eat good food. So that's what I did all summer. I cried, I was around my family, I ate good food, and I brought everything to Jesus. So I ended up joining a church and they had a young adult retreat with the church happening in September. So I've spent a whole summer healing and I'm like, this will be perfect. I'll go to this young adult retreat, it'll be my one-year anniversary of being single. I really wanted to meet some friends. I was not looking for a man at all. You can probably relate to this, but I was terrified of picking another person because I got the last one so wrong. And so I remembered I prayed to Jesus, I said, Jesus, when you have the person for me, please protect my heart. Show me the person for me. And I just knew in that moment, my broken heart was healed. I felt so much better. And then two hours later, this girl comes up to me who I'd barely spoken to at the retreat and she's like, I want you to meet my brother-in-law. He's single. And I was really skeptical because again, we're not thinking about men right now. But she pulled out her phone and she showed me his Instagram. And I was like, okay, he's cute. And then she showed me this photo. Look at his arm. He had a tattoo of a lion on his arm that was supposed to represent Jesus. My heart felt my stomach and I just knew. It was the craziest feeling I've ever had in my life. And for the next two days, I was so excited. And I just had this weird feeling of like, this is it. And so tomorrow, I'm going to that retreat, one year later, with my boyfriend, the same guy. We have had the most amazing year together. He is the opposite of my ex. He's everything that I could have ever dreamed of. And I look back at that girl who was so broken and heartbroken, and I just want to tell her, you have no idea what's on the other side of this. You have no idea how good it's going to get. You couldn't pay me to go back to that other relationship. So give your life to God, pray about it, and bring your broken heart to him. He will heal you. Be around people who love you, let yourself cry, and eat good food. Let me know if you have any other questions. I'd love to support you guys in this. This is just the beginning of your love story. This is just the beginning.
