Dearly Loved Exile: A Journey to Find the Temple of the Most

As a new day dawns, there remains an underlying truth for each of us to reconcile. Each of us faces the chance to do everything by our own power, exactly right. We face the chance to find ourselves in the middle of tragedy, heartbreak and on occasion, stuck right in the epicenter of our own worst nightmare. Our world changes from a life of freedom to a life of captivity within our own soul in a mere instant. Not everyone understands what this looks like, but we all face the possibility that it could be us next time. Next time could be your time. In this heart wrenching chronicle, the author shares her experience of finding her own soul after walking through tragedy. The hope she found was buried deep in the Old Testament of the Bible. The Old Testament is a portion of the Bible that is often overlooked, yet walks us through the turmoil, heartbreak and devastation the Israelite's experienced as they watched their beloved temple ravaged. Their future was to become enslaved as a group of broken exiles. A covenant with God meant meeting with Him in the temple, but it lay in ruin. It is through their 70 years of captivity and heartbreak that their level of devotion grew to a God that loved them beyond any earthly measure. A new sense of devotion and understanding emerged out of their disaster. That beautifully orchestrated, divine plan of provisions is the same truth the author discovered through her journey. Janell will warm your heart no matter what season you are in as she walks you through the words of the Bible that bring hope, confidence, and an understanding to a love incomparable to anything you have ever known. She may not answer your questions of "why?", but she will reassure you that in the midst of the darkness there is a light that is waiting to reach into your soul and fill it with the beauty of the temple. Your heart is what God longs for. He has proven His dedication to you before. If you can find the courage to allow Him to fight for you while in your heartbreak, you will be amazed by His goodness, grace, and His unfailing love. The Israelites remembered their temple. They remembered the beauty of what once was and they mourned their loss. A future without the temple seemed a wasteland. As we watch our own lives and everything we valiantly built in those lives fall apart; we remember. We remember our innocence that is lost. The only future possibility that stands confirmed is that there is absolutely no going back. As we genuinely offer our hearts to God, our exiled hearts begin to treasure once was and we find new hope for an even more loved and cherished future. Our temples begin to resemble more of a pleasant offering to God as our dedication grows and a sincere beauty emerges. This is the journey of the exile to find the temple. You are the temple, dearly loved exile!