Today’s Devotional Written By a Strong Young Woman That Not Many Understand But I Know Her By Heart: Tracy Koweh
How to Love the Brokehearted??
Psalm 34:15-18 (New Living Translation)
15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right; his ears are open to their cries for help. 16 But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth. 17 The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles. 18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
Today's message in the music comes from Whitney Houstonn's song "All the Man that I'll Ever Need". The last lines of the first verse say: I thought love had to hurt to turn out right. But now he's here. It's not the same, it's not the same. Of course I've heard this song a million times before, the power of this verse never hit me until the other night.
As you all know, I'll be getting married this upcoming fall and to the world, Shane and I have the "perfect" relationship. Our pictures, our lifestyle and our witness are not fake or false in any way, but they do cover up a hidden pain, a secret scar. I just recently (last Friday), confessed to Shane that although I was very happy and madly in love, I was terrified on the inside. I have never been in a relationship so healthy, so pure, and so honest for it not to blow up in my face.
I watched/am watching women/men in my life go from high to low in a matter of moments, because the person in their lives broke their heart. I have never known a stable or solid relationship based on Godly principles and rooted in God's word until now. Even my relationship with God the Father was hindered by my fear. Although He has never failed me, there is a part of me waiting on Him too. Even though He has never left me, there is a whisper on my shoulder reminding me that every man in my life has and it’s just a matter of time before He does the same. Yes, the scars of my past were so deep, my mind wouldn't allow me to fully trust God either.
But I'm so grateful that God sent Jesus first and Shane second to love the broke hearted; to have the strength and the patience to love and stand even on my worse days. Some of us have been hurt for so long, that we expect it as the norm. Some of us have hurt others for so long, that we don't know how to love even when the right one comes. I've learned and am still learning that it’s only through prayer and the faith that you can overcome the scars of your past.
Today let Christ honestly come in and fill your heart, so you can say like Whitney did: I thought love had to hurt to turn out right. But now CHRIST'S here. It's not the same, it's not the same. No one will ever be able to love us like Jehovah, but we have to be ready, willing and open for a renewing of our mind and a make-over of our heart. We don't have to be heart broken and damaged forever, we can love and be loved like we deserve and God intended!!
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