“He heals the brokenhearted, binding up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3 (NLT)
Don’t you just love Christmas? The joyful news of Christmas hope that permeates this season is exhilarating. Family and friends. Parties and fellowship. Decorations and festivities. The happy glow of expectation on children’s faces. Satisfying goodies. It truly is “the most wonderful time of the year.”
Some families, however, will have a particularly difficult holiday season this year because it will be the first Christmas without a precious member of the family. The absence seems more pronounced the pain deeper at a holiday.
Healing a broken heart and caring for a wounded spirit takes time. Restoration to health is not like flipping a light switch. It requires more than words because a person’s feelings and emotions are involved. The psychological impact is heavy. It takes time for the hurting individual to deal with the personal issues.
We care-givers may not know what to do or say but we know the one who does. We have faith in the Living God, who knows us personally, loves us unconditionally, provides for our every need, and will heal our broken hearts and seal our wounds.
I am always appalled at people who stumble through this wilderness of pain and sorrow alone, without God’s comforting love and care. We who trust and serve him can always talk to God about the pain and sorrow. He invites us to cast all our care on him, because he cares for us. He knows how we feel, yet he allows us to tell him what we need. Some how that helps us and God heals and seals all our sorrows. And even if we do not find the process to be easy, God is always working for our benefit. He has promised that he will never leave us nor forsake us. And he hasn’t!
Dear Father, thank you for your healing and sealing grace. Bless all those who read these words today. Heal the brokenhearted and seal their wounds with the healing balm of your love. In the name of Jesus, I pray. AMEN
Be encouraged today in our God who heals us,