Healing Soul Wounds

This past week has been freeing in several ways personally in my life. I've had to deal with some painful places in my soul that required me to confront some emotionally challenging questions. These questions caused me to have to choose how I would move forward with the realities that they left me with. There was the choice to allow the healing process to take place by releasing whatever raw emotions rose to the surface and asking God all the questions. There was the choice to forgive. There was the choice not to self preserve, but to trust God with my whole heart. All of these, for the Believer, are necessary choices to make towards healing.

The enemy of our souls wants to shape our hearts with pain, anger, bitterness and resentment, but God wants to shape our hearts with His love. That's why He wants us to bring our pain, anger, bitterness and resentments to Him and not to "tuck" those emotions as if they'll just go away. I'm not a therapist, but I can speak to what I have personally done in my own life. Unconsciously, I was nursing my wounds by tucking them away because it felt was more safe to do so. I was in a state of self preservation by thinking that I could control the pain. But the reality is that, when not properly dealt with, pain will reveal itself in some way or another.

As in my case, it took God to pull back the veil on some areas that I wasn't conscious of. The pain was so much a part of me and how I lived life that I didn't even realize the impact it was having. Hurt is hurt. Nothing can substitute it, but love can heal it. If you're like me, you've had to learn how to let God heal it. I can genuinely say that it has been the most scary and the most beautiful thing to do so. Scary at the onset because it's hard to confront what I don't want to confront. Beautiful because I have found the safest place for my heart to be - securely tucked in His hands. My security is truly in Him and Him alone.

I pray that your heart is also secure in Him, but if not, let me assure you that there is no safer place to be. Psalm 27:1 says, "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" God is our strength and He isn't intimidated by the things we have to heal from. Don't be afraid to start the process. He is strong for us and He gives us strength to heal.

Prayer for Today:

Lord, thank you that we can trust you with our whole heart. Thank you that you gently lead us to healing because you know us better than we know ourselves. We take comfort in the fact that you are the safe place that our souls long for. Help all of your children to be secure in your love. Heal our souls so that we can be fully free as we move forward in Christ. John 8:36 assures us, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed." Amen.