“A wound where there are no tears, wrote John Eldredge, is a wound that can’t be healed,”
A splinter under the skin, if left alone and ignored, will eventually fester to the point of infection. Your body rejects the foreign object no matter how small; the pain calls out for your attention. If you ignore it too long, you could end up in the emergency room.
How about your heart?
Why ignore the pain?
Your heart is more precious than a finger; you can live without a finger, but you can’t live without your heart.
Sometimes, we’re strong in the wrong things and at the wrong times, but to be weak in the right things brings true courage.
If you are hurting, in pain, and are crushed in spirit, heart, and soul, you may be at the most significant turning point of your life. You may be dwelling with God in a high and protected place, but you must share your tears with God, or you’ll be swallowed up in bitterness and left alone on earth.
Isaiah 57:15
“The high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, the Holy One, says this: I live in that high and holy place where those with contrite, humble spirits dwell; and I refresh the humble and give new courage to those with repentant hearts.”
Psalm 51:17
“The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart.”
Let God encounter your tears; after all, he is the Everlasting Father. Please share it with him as your sacrifice of pride. Come to him crushed, broken, betrayed, rejected, and despised. He’s well acquainted with all of this and more. He allows it to touch your life, not to destroy you, but to draw you closer to himself so that you may be healed.
God wants to father you …
Trust and turn to God and surrender your rights to be offended, your anger for being abused, and your self-hatred for being molested, raped, and violated. God specializes in hurting and wounded people, and he’d rather be with you than with kings and queens.
The moment you offer up to God all your tears and pain, you are with him in spirit and truth.
Isaiah 42:3
“He will not break the bruised reed nor quench the dimly burning flame. He will encourage the fainthearted, those tempted to despair. He will see full justice given to all who have been wronged.”
God won’t exploit your bruises. He’ll not snuff out your heart, even if it’s barely lit and barely alive.
God desires to be your daddy …
Give it all over to God. If you do, he’ll see that justice is served, and you can give your anger and revenge a proper burial.
Then, you’ll knock down your walls of despair and make them into a dance floor, and you’ll dance with your Abba, just as He’s always wanted to.
Don’t live with the pain. Time is not the healer of all wounds; that’s a lie.
God is the healer of all wounds, and he’s waiting to hear your cries directed towards him so that He may act.
Isaiah 30:19
“O’ my people in Jerusalem, you shall weep no more, for he will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. He will answer you.”
Give it up to God. Let it drink in God’s presence and love, and so be healed and restored.
Become healed in the name of Jesus!
He came to seek out the lost and broken, and there is no one he cannot save or heal.
This may be one of your greatest moments and your most significant turning point.
Your heart and soul are God’s specialty. Don’t ignore this opportunity – don’t let your heart become hardened again. Act now while your heart has softened.
Don’t live with a wounded heart. Jesus is dying to heal you. Amen
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