From Brokenness to Blessing
Hebrews 6:19-20 — This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Jesus has already gone in there for us.
Eliza Hewitt was not used to silence. She had built her life around classrooms, chalkboards, and the steady hum of work. She liked being useful and always moving toward something.
But then the injury came, and life suddenly got quiet.
Days stretched out like long empty roads. Her body throbbed, her spirit became restless, and questions circled in her mind. Why me? What now? Where is God in all of this?
She would have traded anything for answers.
But as the days passed, Eliza started to read her Bible. This was not the casual kind of reading used to pass the time. No. She was desperate.
And in those long, slow hours, she saw things she had never noticed before. Words she had skimmed past now felt alive. Promises she had memorized now felt like they were written just for her.
She knew she was not just surviving this hardship. God was doing something in it.
One day she found herself humming an old tune she had started writing before everything changed. At the time, it was just another melody. Now, the words carried weight:
“When we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be.”
Those days in Scripture had changed her. Hope was no longer abstract—it was a rock-solid anchor for her soul. It was what kept her steady when everything else felt unmoored.
When she finally released the song, it spread like wildfire. People who were hurting and searching found something in those words—something bigger than their pain.
Eliza never would have chosen her hardship, but looking back, she saw it clearly. Her pain had not been wasted. God had turned her silence into a song of hope, and it was too valuable to keep to herself.
That’s the thing about hope—it doesn’t just hold you steady; it gives you something to offer others.
Could it be that the very thing you are wrestling with right now is the story someone else needs to hear?
A MOMENT TO REFLECT
- What hardship or “quiet season” has God used to deepen your hope in Him?
- How has His Word become an anchor for your soul in times of uncertainty?
- Who might need to hear the song of hope your story is still writing?
When We All Get to Heaven
Sing the wondrous love of Jesus
Sing His mercy and His grace
In the mansions, bright and blessed
He’ll prepare for us a place
When we all get to Heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We’ll sing and shout the victory
While we walk the pilgrim pathway
Clouds will overspread the sky
But when traveling days are over
Not a shadow, not a sigh
When we all get to Heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We’ll sing and shout the victory
Onward to the prize before us
Soon His beauty we’ll behold
Soon the pearly gates will open
And we shall tread the streets of gold
When we all get to Heaven
What a day of rejoicing that will be
When we all see Jesus
We’ll sing and shout the victory
(Words: Eliza E. Hewitt / Music: Emily D. Wilson / Arranged By: Mark Hall)
