To Stand When You Feel Like Falling!
Psalm 147:3 boldly proclaims, “He (Jesus) heals the brokenhearted and bind up their wounds.”
Christmas holidays are beautiful unless…
You find your life in crisis.
At this time of year loss is amplified, it does not whisper, it screams. Loss does not carry muted shades of gray, but flows crimson red as if one bleeds from the heart.
Loss strips color from our existence and demands we look thru the lens of life differently…possibly more jaded, flat, joyless, with no expectation. How do I know, I have lived there.
For my 13th Birthday the only gift I received was a small plaque. It read… “Those who expect nothing, will never be disappointed.”
The sting of these words and then the stark reality of a cruel world, only proved to solidify this message. Though I tried hard to believe there was life beyond the troubled confines of my dysfunctional family, a deep seeded hopelessness set in.
Had it not been for a loving God who reached into this darkness through praying grandmothers, and a Christian teacher who led me to Christ, I would not be here today, for suicide seemed a plausible answer to the despair, depression and disappointment all around.
Slowly but surely, I replaced these words of doom and gloom with words of truth from God’s word. Compare the message of hopelessness presented to me as a gift on my 13th Birthday to the words of Psalm 147:3. One message brought depression and death; the other message brought healing and life... depending on what I chose to believe.
Betrayal in any relationship be it from a mother, father, son, daughter, sibling, friend, business partner or spouse, breaks the heart. Jesus knows this and understands betrayal on every level.
Loss of any relationship be it through divorce, a death, a rift that cannot be mended, also breaks the heart. But God promises…
“I heal the brokenhearted. I bind up their wounds.” What a promise of expectation!
These words do not proclaim a life without loss, wounds, or a broken heart, but they do promise healing. Jesus promises to bind up our wounds, and stop the bleeding. He promises to heal the broken places within our heart. We can lean on this truth, but even more so…we can expect it.
Whatever your personal sorrow…
Whatever your heart ache…
Whatever your loss…
Choose to embrace this hope filled message. The pain you experience today will not immediately cease to exist, because wounds need tending, binding, and time to heal…but THEY CAN HEAL.
Your part is to believe and stand firm on this promise. I suggest you try what I did…Get your Bible, find Psalm 147:3, put today’s date beside it and the words…I will trust. Then stand firm in faith and one day you will return to this same passage and place another date with a resounding Amen, because you will be healed. Your victory will be recorded and your faith forever deepened.
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About the author
Blossom Turner is an award-winning novelist, and a free-lance writer published in Chicken Soup and Kernels of Hope anthologies, and former newspaper columnist on health and fitness. A Word Guild semi-finalist for Anna's Secret, Katherine's Arrangement, Amelia’s Heartsong, and a Word Guild winner for Best Romance for Lucinda’s Defender. She has found her home in the writing of historical fiction but is open to wherever God leads. The many 5-star reviews attest to the power of love and romance authentically woven into the Shenandoah Bride Series about five sisters and their five love stories.
Blossom lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband, David, of forty years and their dog Lacey named after Lacey Spring, Virginia, where this series takes place. A former businesswoman, personal trainer, and mother of two grown children she is now pursuing her lifelong dream of writing full-time. A hopeless romantic at heart, she believes all story should give the reader significant entertainment value. However, her writing embodies the struggles of real life. She infuses the reality of suffering with the hope of Christ to give a healthy dose of relatable encouragement to her reader. Her desire is to leave the reader with a yearning to live for Christ on a deeper level, or at the very least, create a hunger to seek for more.
Co-author Suzie Zanewhich
Suzie is a certified life coach, leader of emotional health, and resource specialist. She has found her niche as a soul coach.
Suzie finds purpose in empowering individuals to move towards growth, healing, and alignment with their authentic self. Suzie is driven by a calling to live authentically, as the person God created her to be, to reach her fullest potential and lead others to do the same. Her passion is to help others find meaning through discovering their strengths, gifts, personality, temperament and core values.
Suzie is a life-long learner, continuously immersing herself in new courses to learn more about human behaviour, relationships, psychology, child development, emotions, trauma and healing. Because of her craving to always learn more she has earned the title of resource specialist in the area of self-discovery.
Suzie Zanewich lives with her husband in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She has a patchwork family of four grown children, two daughters, two sons and three granddaughters.
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