Can A Broken Heart Be Healed?

I was searching Google and noticed that Many people search for “broken hearted”. Stats was Daily 500+ Search For “broken hearted” I was blown away by how many people searched for this. 

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and He saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18

If he is so close why does He seem so far away? I have asked myself that many times. The only answer I can come up with is; it’s not God that has went away it is me. When we get hurt we tend to pull away. We pull away from family, friends, and God. Why we do this I don’t know for sure. Maybe we are afraid they might hurt us also. Or afraid about what others might think of us. We think they won’t understand. (Which makes no sense because we all have been hurt.) Some people admit it, others lie about it. But we have all been hurt. It’s easier to sulk in our sadness then to involve others. It’s a spiral downward that is hard to climb out of. The more we pull away, the more we think we deserve the heart ache. Then we pull away even more and eventually become very depressed. It’s sad, we do the opposite of what would actually help us.

We need to draw close to God and our friends and family. I know it’s hard. But we need help to come up out of that hole. We need a light in the darkness. For me it seems harder to draw close to God than to other people. It’s kind of stupid because God can heal me, man can only comfort. The way I found to draw close to Him is through reading God’s word (the Bible), and praying verses that men something to me like: “I pray that God who gives hope, will bless you with happiness and peace because of your faith, and may the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.” Romans 15:13 (CEV). I would pray: I pray to the God who gives me hope. Bless me with your happiness and peace in faith. Fill me with the power of your Holy Spirit. Fill me with hope.

Asking and giving forgiveness is another huge step. On our own we can’t forgive others. But with God’s help and the encouragement of our friends we can do it. It is such a huge release to say the words out loud: I forgive you, or please forgive me. There have been times when I couldn’t say the words to the person so I wrote them a letter and dropped it in the mailbox. It doesn’t even have to have an address on it. Something about putting it in the box gives you some closure.

It is a slow process but with God and others around you, you can make it. Don’t give up. Don’t shut others out. Don’t shut God out. Let the healing begin.

Love

Aarti @ NLF Lokhanwala