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You may remember the lyrics to the Bee Gees song, “How can you mend a broken heart, how can you stop the rain from falling down?”  Ten points if you could sing it right now, including the high notes!!  This song begs for the question so many of us ask, yet offers no answers. The song ends with the singer begging an unknown source,  “Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.”

Haven’t so many of us asked the exact same question? We have had our hearts broken, and we long to know if it can be healed and who can heal it and how we can live again.

It comforts me to think that thousands of years ago, God made sure to acknowledge how painful and debilitating it can be to have a broken heart. Look at what King Solomon wrote: “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.”  (Proverbs 17:22)  Again, our broken hearts are addressed in Proverbs 18:14 which states, “The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?” God knows having our heart broken is  worse than physical pain and takes our strength away. He understands the heaviness and the grief.

But God does not leave us there. He walks with us during the darkest and heaviest times. He, Himself, puts the thread in the needle and stitches our heart back together again. He gives the healing where needed.

How do we know this?

*Psalm 147:3, “He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds.”

*Psalm 34:18, “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted; He rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”

*2 Corinthians 1:4, “He comforts us in all our troubles…”

*Matthew 11:28, “Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.””

I want to encourage you today that when your heart is hurting and you feel like it can never be whole again, reach out to Jesus. Talk to Him, tell Him how bad the pain is, lean on Him and let Him carry you. He will. He will sew us back together one stitch at a time.

Remember Job? Scripture tells us he cried out to God, he asked questions, he told God his deep grief and distress, but he continued to talk to Him. Sometimes all the strength we can muster is to speak the name of Jesus. He promises to listen.

Isn’t it interesting that the thing that can hurt us the most and break us down is the thing that God tells us determines the course of our life? Proverbs 4:23 tells us to, “Guard our hearts above all else, for it determines the course of our life.”  When we are so broken we can’t lift our heads off the pillow, we are not guarding ourselves. God knows that and it is why He offers to comfort and heal us; He will guard us until we can shield our hearts again. But that is also why God does not want us to stay there. He knows the longer we stay there, the harder it is to keep our hearts focused on Him.

Don’t misunderstand me here, this is not harsh, nor does God not understand the depth of our pain. This does not mean healing does not take time, energy, love, and prayers. He promises to walk with us, comfort us and heal us. He knows our healing is best for us, but that sometimes ultimate healing will not come until we are at home with Him.

“Weeping may last for the night (or many, many nights), but joy comes in the morning.” Psalm 30:5.  It is a promise to cling to!

We need to let the Bee Gees know our hearts can be mended, and we can live again, with the strength and help of our King. There is always hope, but no one said it was easy or pain free.

“Father, comfort as only You can. We beg you to heal our broken hearts and begin to lift our heads off the pillow.”

For His Glory

Terrie Tollerson (feel free to follow me @TerrieTollerson on Instagram or check out TerrieTollerson.com)
TRBC Women’s Life
All scripture is NLT. Italics are mine.