Day 22 – Sacred Space in Broken Places
Scripture: Exodus 3:5
“Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.”
Grief can transform comfortable places. Places you once walked in joy now echo with absence. Rooms feel hollow. Memories ambush you in grocery aisles and at traffic lights. But what if the very places that now feel broken are becoming holy?
When Moses encountered the burning bush, God didn’t lead him away to a temple. He met him in the wilderness and declared that place holy. The place of sorrow for you can also become sacred. Not because it’s easy, but because God shows up in it.
Take off your sandals, the verse says. In other words: be fully present. Don’t run. Don’t avoid. Don’t rush to escape. This pain has become a meeting place. God is here.
The hospital room. The graveside. The well-worn chair. These are not just scenes of loss. They are also places where God bends low to whisper, “I am with you.”
You don’t have to pretend these places don’t hurt. Just know this: they can hold healing too.
The ground of your suffering is holy—not because it feels good, but because God is standing there with you.
Practice for Today
Choose a quiet space—your room, your porch, a cemetery—and whisper: “This is holy ground.” Invite God to make His presence known.
Journaling Prompt
Where have I unexpectedly encountered God in my pain? What made that moment feel sacred?
Closing Blessing
Know that holiness is where you are
even when that place is painful.
Feel the presence of the One
who brings you healing and hope.
This place is not forsaken.
The God who called to Moses calls to you here.
Remove the shoes of grief, guilt, and shame.
You are standing on sacred ground.
Pray as You Go
Inhale: This is holy ground…
Exhale: …You are here with me.