He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3
On a sunny spring afternoon, armed with my camera, I took a walk in my neighborhood. I love to take photographs, particularly of landscapes. That day, however, I was on a flower photo expedition. I knew there were huge, beautiful roses close by and I was determined to break away from my to-do list and enjoy photographing them. As I approached these gorgeous pink roses, I got distracted. There were other flowers climbing along the same fence in companionship with these roses, some of which I’d never seen before. But what really caught my eye wasn’t a flower, but a leaf. It wasn’t just any leaf. It was a perfectly heart-shaped leaf. Most people would have overlooked this little gem. You see, some insects had had a proverbial “field day” with this leaf. It was riddled with holes.
Our hearts are like that leaf. While around the edges, our hearts may be perfectly “heart-shaped”, just like they are supposed to be. But upon closer inspection, we discover that there are many holes in our hearts. For those of us who grieve, we have a hole in our heart where our loved one once lived. Death has created a cavern there. The deeper the loss, the deeper the hole. For those of us who love much, we grieve much.
Sometimes other life experiences riddle our hearts with holes, too. Some are tiny punctures, not visible to the naked eye. Others are gaping. We all have broken places in our hearts. To say we don’t is to live in denial. Life is full of shattered dreams, disappointments, and losses. If you are feeling like you are the only “walking wounded”, you are not. Trust me. You are in good company. To be human is to experience loss.
Thankfully, that’s not the end of the story. God takes the holes in our hearts and heals them. The Bible says in Psalm 147, verse 3, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” What a visual that verse is! God takes our brokenness and He wraps His loving and healing bandages around our wounds, binding them tightly in His love and grace. We are safe in the Great Physician’s mighty hands.
Lord, I know there are broken places in my heart. There are holes, tiny punctures as well as gaping ones. Wrap your loving bandages tightly around my wounds and bring me to a place of healing. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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Text and photo copyright © 2015 by Dawn Dailey. All rights reserved.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
On a sunny spring afternoon, armed with my camera, I took a walk in my neighborhood. I love to take photographs, particularly of landscapes. That day, however, I was on a flower photo expedition. I knew there were huge, beautiful roses close by and I was determined to break away from my to-do list and enjoy photographing them. As I approached these gorgeous pink roses, I got distracted. There were other flowers climbing along the same fence in companionship with these roses, some of which I’d never seen before. But what really caught my eye wasn’t a flower, but a leaf. It wasn’t just any leaf. It was a perfectly heart-shaped leaf. Most people would have overlooked this little gem. You see, some insects had had a proverbial “field day” with this leaf. It was riddled with holes.
Our hearts are like that leaf. While around the edges, our hearts may be perfectly “heart-shaped”, just like they are supposed to be. But upon closer inspection, we discover that there are many holes in our hearts. For those of us who grieve, we have a hole in our heart where our loved one once lived. Death has created a cavern there. The deeper the loss, the deeper the hole. For those of us who love much, we grieve much.
Sometimes other life experiences riddle our hearts with holes, too. Some are tiny punctures, not visible to the naked eye. Others are gaping. We all have broken places in our hearts. To say we don’t is to live in denial. Life is full of shattered dreams, disappointments, and losses. If you are feeling like you are the only “walking wounded”, you are not. Trust me. You are in good company. To be human is to experience loss.
Thankfully, that’s not the end of the story. God takes the holes in our hearts and heals them. The Bible says in Psalm 147, verse 3, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” What a visual that verse is! God takes our brokenness and He wraps His loving and healing bandages around our wounds, binding them tightly in His love and grace. We are safe in the Great Physician’s mighty hands.
Lord, I know there are broken places in my heart. There are holes, tiny punctures as well as gaping ones. Wrap your loving bandages tightly around my wounds and bring me to a place of healing. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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Text and photo copyright © 2015 by Dawn Dailey. All rights reserved.
All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™
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