blessings in disguise

"one of the things i have discovered through being broken is that after brokenness we can experience God's greatest blessings. after brokenness, our lives can be the most fruitful and have the most purpose. the dawn after a very dark and storm-wreaked night is glorious. feeling joy again after a period of intense mourning can be ecstatic. a blessing can come in the wake of being broken. but this blessing comes only if we experience brokenness fully and confront why it is that God has allowed us to be broken. if we allow God to do his complete work in us, blessing will follow brokenness." - charles stanley