To Heal a Broken Heart, Give God the Pieces
Culled from ‘Defying Mental Illness-A 31-Day Devotional’
I once had a broken heart. It literally felt like someone had broken through my rib cages, ripped my heart out, stamped on it, torn it apart and left my heart bleeding. Ever felt like that?
When someone is emotionally pained, it can lead to depression or other forms of mental illness. The trauma can be a living hell.
Don’t despair. God has your back…and your heart. He says He makes beauty instead of ashes (Isaiah 61:3). Our loving Father can make things right. God can make you whole again.
Naomi, in the book of Ruth, has an interesting story. Let us look at her resume:
1. A Jewish refugee living among godless idol worshippers
2. A middle aged widow
3. Loses her husband
4. Loses a son
5. Loses another son
6. Broke and broken
Life dealt Naomi a cruel hand, and with nothing except a faithful daughter in law in tow, she returns back to her country. Naomi says to her friends “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me”. Naomi means beautiful, but this lady wanted to be now called bitter. Her life was in shreds. She was a wrecked woman. Where was this God of her forefathers?
However, God was not through with her. Through the sacrificial selflessness of one person, her daughter in law Ruth, Naomi’s life suddenly changes. Ruth marries a rich man and bears a child.
Maybe this was even a miracle for Ruth, as in her first marriage, there had been no children. Ruth’s son becomes famous (Ruth 4:14), was the grandfather of David, from whose line the Messiah came.
Here what Naomi’s friends tell her concerning her grandson “He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” (Ruth 4:15 NIV emphasis mine).
Talk about turning broken pieces into masterpieces. That is your story too today!
Thoughts for the day
God is the Potter, you are the clay (Isaiah 64:8). Let Him mould those pieces and make you for He says you are a vessel of honor.
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