"Mommy, Boo-boo!" cries the toddler, as he runs to your side, pointing to a tiny cut of enormous crisis. You quickly rush to his wounded side with a bandage and a kiss to soften the pain. Sure--and it works! Five minutes later, the pain is quickly forgotten, and the toddler is back to his busy work schedule of messing up your house as usual!
cute bandaging will help--and though a spouse's kiss may soften the blow a bit, it still stings, burns, and brings tears. Emotional wounds of the heart and soul are deep, and only the Master at the Well can heal them, ultimately and completely. So what are we waiting for? Let's run, as a child, to the Well for a healing touch from the Master's Hand!
A Hurting Heart--His Healing Love!
Hurting hearts need healing love--and it's nowhere to really be found but in the Lord. Hurt is transformed into healing in His hands--when it's PLACED in His hands. And how do you do that? Painfully! For it will be the hardest thing you have ever done. You must empty out all the "stuff" from deep inside your hurting heart. Then there's room for God to fill it with HIS healing love, and you will be free. What was so devastating to you will not be a total loss, for when God touches your life, He heals the wounds, and turns around your devastation to bless others.
But it's NOT magic! For healing will not happen until you give your hurting heart to God. You've been in control long enough, and now the choice is yours. Keep it, and hurt more. Give it to HIM, and be filled with HIS love. It's time for your makeover--let Him do it now!
A Heavy Heart--His Happy Love!
Heavy hearts need happy love--and it's nowhere to really be found but in the Lord. Heaviness is transformed into blessed happiness in His hands--when it's PLACED in His hands! Your heavy, depressed heart has no room for blessing now--it's too filled with "stuff." Dig deep enough beyond the silent depression that weighs you down, and you may be surprised to hear sounds of anger. Muffled, all right, but painfully there. You've GOT to get it out--before the Lord. THEN there's room for Him to fill your heart with His blessed, happy love. For happiness is to live in the blessed presence of God.
But it's NOT magic! The heaviness will not lift until you give it all to God. You've been in control long enough, and now the choice is yours. Keep it, and be heavier still. Give it to HIM, and be filled with His love. It's time for your makeover--let Him do it now!
A Hard Heart--His Humble Love!
Hard hearts need humble love--and it's nowhere to really be found but in the Lord. Hardness of heart is transformed in humbleness of spirit in His hands--when it's PLACED in His hands! Arrogance, pride, self-will, self-control harden the heart. Softness disappears; you don't like the person you see in the stillness of your heart--and honestly, noone else does either! That person is hard--and so unlike the humble Savior we love. So what to do? There's certainly no room for His humility when you're too proud to receive it. You've GOT to get it out--it may take a bulldozer, but you've got to break up all the "stuff" and give it to God. He wants to give you a heart of humble reliance upon Him, of humble accessibility to others, of humble awareness of your own need. You must willingly bow in His Presence, confess His Lordship in Your life, submit to His authority and control, and then you will know His humble love.
But it's NOT magic! The hard heart will never break until you give it to God. You've been in control long enough, and now the HARD choice is up to you. Keep it, and be harder still. Give it to HIM, and be free. It's time for your makeover--let Him do it now!
It's Valentine's Day, and the card racks are rather empty today--all the lovers and would-be lovers you know have bought out the store. Your wounded heart is glad it's over--for love sure didn't get through this year! The hurt, heaviness, and hardness of your heart wouldn't let it, no matter how hard HE tried. For you see, the Lord will not violate your will. Do you REALLY want to be free of a wounded heart? Then unstuff--this is a good day to start. You may need a super-size garbage bag, but dig deep enough to get it all out! The relief you feel will only be replaced by the love that's about to come. Valentine's Day is over? NEVER--for you, it could JUST be beginning! And when it happens, write and tell me about it--for GOD is still in the healing, loving business. He IS the mender of broken hearts--and He waits to mend YOURS!
A Hurting Word...