Broken Hearted

“He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.” (Psalm 147:3) “
He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted.” (Isaiah 61:1)

 To be broken hearted is to be broken into pieces, crushed, crippled, shattered, and torn. It hurts. Some of you know exactly what I mean.

All of us have been hurt at some time in our lives, in need of emotional healing. Whether it’s been a bad break-up, parents’ divorce, death in the family, abuse, rejection from friends....we’ve all been there at one time or another.

John Eldredge says “If you wanted to learn how to heal the blind and you thought that following Christ around and watching how he did it would make things clear, you’d wind up pretty frustrated. He never does it the same way twice. He spits on one guy; for another, he spits on the ground and makes mud and puts that on his eyes. To a third he simply speaks, a fourth he touches, and for a fifth he kicks out a demon. There are no formulas with God. The way in which God heals our wound is a deeply personal process. He is a person and he insists on working personally.
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Those verses remind me that there is healing for the broken hearted. I don’t know about you, but that comforts me. To know there is hope.

Do you feel crippled today by your broken heart? Be encouraged and know that Jesus is the “doctor” that can do surgery to bind up and bandage the broken pieces back together and help you heal again. I know what it feels like to be “crippled” emotionally and spiritually for several years. But, I also know what it feels like to be able to “walk again” – experiencing the healing that only comes from Jesus. He restored me. And guess what? He wants to do the same for you.

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