Today was a particularly hard day for me. Everything that has happened I’ve felt like crying. I saw a magpie in a tree and remembered my father rescuing one that was hurt, and nursing it back to health. A flood of old childhood memories came back instantly.
Then I remembered that nothing is sweeter than believing in God for freedom from past hurts. While it seems like an oversimplification to believe that mercies come fresh, and experiencing freedom from past hurts is simple. It’s not easy, but it is simple.
God’s Word says, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, His mercies never come to an end, they are new every morning great is His faithfulness” – Lamentations 3:22-23
Emotional hurt can be caused by so many things, the loss of a loved one, a toxic relationship, or past trauma. Anything that can being wounded to the soul (which can heal slower that physical injuries). Sometimes it can feel like full healing will never come.
The Bible promises us that we can and will heal. Isaiah 52:5 tells us, “But He was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on Him and by His wounds we are healed.”
Jesus’s finished work on the cross promises not only spiritual and physical healing but emotional healing as well.
Many times the people around us tell us because we believe in Christ that we should be okay and we should always be happy and perfect. But that’s not the case. We all have hurts, pain, struggles, and wounds.
And I believe one reason people hide their hurts is because of shame and pride. But God tells us to humbly confess our hurts to God first and then to others. Acceptance is always the key to start the healing process. And part of starting that healing is to humbly admit we are hurt.
There’s a song by Crowder that says, “Lay down your burdens, lay down your shame, and lift up your face…come as you are.”
We. Just surrender every hurt to the cross. There is nothing in this world that can heal the soul. The only thing that can do that is Jesus’s finished work on the cross. Because of what Jesus did for us we can freely declare that, “by His wounds we are healed.”
God’s desire is to bring us to a healing place, and that starts with us coming to God and leaving our hurts at the feet of Jesus. Matthew 11:28 tells us to “Come to Him, all who labor and are heavy laden and He will give us rest.”
Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the comforter” in John 14:16. That’s because in God’s presence comes refreshing comfort which allows us to experience great mercies. When we are in God’s presence we are fully restored.
One of my favorite scriptures in the Bible says,
“I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, and you will praise the name of the Lord, your God, who had dealt wondrously with you, and my people will never again be disappointed” – Joel 2:25-26
When we are filled with God’s Spirit, He restores and mends us. All we need to do is allow Him to do so and give Him full access to our hearts.
I know bad days will come and many I’m sure will come again. But I chose to stand on the Word of God. Knowing that they will always lift my spirit and give e strength to come ahead toward my final destination.
From Pity to Praise 