Go To The Heart Mender

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5
“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,…”
Isaiah 61:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted…
Psalm 34:18

Medical and Mental Health professionals tell us to avoid stress. But we know that as long as we are drawing breath, we will have stress! It has been shown that even happy events such as birthdays or Christmas can be stressful.

A better idea is to learn to handle stress properly, which is probably different for each of us.

Our bodies do not know the difference between stress caused by emotional factors or physical factors. We will release the appropriate stress hormones in either case. The body does not know if stress is caused by a broken arm, a migraine headache, a chronic illness or emotional heartache.

When I bruised a bone in my arm as a child, my parents rushed me to the hospital. When I tore ligaments in my foot, I saw my doctor so he could take steps to repair it. Perhaps you’ve needed stitches, a cast or surgery.

What do we do, though, when our hearts are hurting? When a loved one is unemployed, hospitalized or enduring some other tough situation that hurts our hearts, where do we go? We go to the One Who is all things, Jesus Christ, Who works in many different ways for us.

He can work through medical professionals to set broken bones, give medicine for an infection, to use x-rays to determine the cause of a symptom. But heartache? Only God fully knows your heart. Only God knows the depth of your heart pain.

Chronic illness and pain can cause a great deal of heart pain. Go to God with it, pour out your heart to Him and trust Him with it. Only He can understand how you truly feel and how it is really affecting you. He loves you and is faithful to His promises for you.

Thank you Lord for the Scriptures; for the reminders that You bind up our wounded and broken hearts. Help us when we are weak to trust in You. Amen.
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Priscilla Ervin lives in Arlington, TX and deals daily with chronic Epstein Barr, Fibromyalgia and other health issues. At different times during her life, God has sent people to help her know that He is trustworthy, loving and faithful.