Healing the Hurts

The Lord has laid this topic on my mind lately.  There are a lot of types of hurts.  Both physical, spiritual, and emotional.  My thoughts on this are if you have physical pain you also suffer emotional pain.  Also, sometimes your emotional pain is so intense you may experience physical pain as well.  Some of the categories of hurts I thought of are physical pain, broken relationships, death of a loved one, suffering abuse, financial loss, and hurts from one’s past.  Psalms 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” (NIV)

Physical Hurts

There are all kinds of physical hurts in this world.  From serious illness to a skinned knee.  God heals according to His Will.  There are plenty of places in the Bible which show God’s healing both in the Old Testament and the New Testament.  Yet sometimes God does not heal the hurts.  II Corinthians chapter 12 Paul talks about a thorn in his flesh.  He says he ask God to remove it three times, but Jesus’ response is My grace is all you need.  My power works best in weakness.” (verse 9, NLT).  We do not know what the thorn in the flesh was for Paul but we do know Paul relied on God’s grace to help him deal with the hurts in his flesh. 

I can relate to this thorn in the flesh.  I have both fibromyalgia and arthritis throughout my body.  I have asked God to take it away many times and I have asked Him to remove me from my job which increases my hurts.  Yet, God has helped me to manage my hurts through medication, vitamins, and herbs, and through exercise.  He also has made a way for me to work part time only.  I still hurt but I know God will see me through each day and He uses my hurts for His Glory. 

Broken Relationships

Almost all of us has gone through the hurts of a broken relationship.  Whether it is the hurts of a broken friendship or the hurts from the break-up of a romantic relationship, it still hurts.  Sometimes the hurts come from the loss of relationship of an organization.  Sometimes it even comes from the church. 

If you read my blog regularly you will know I went through a divorce.  That still hurts.  Even though I am happy my ex-husband has found someone to marry and is happy, I still miss the relationship of the twenty plus years we had together.  Part of my heart still hurts from what I lost.  Yet, I could never go back, and God has given me healing peace.  We are friends now and the hurts are fading as time goes on.   

Death of a Loved One

I have friends who have lost their child from an accident or suicide.  That is a hurt one cannot understand unless one has gone through it.  People who have lost their spouses also have hurts which takes a long time to heal.  Many of us are still hurting from loss of a parent or sibling or a relative of which they were close to, all these hurts and takes a long time to heal.

I have loss both of my parents and my in-laws.  I miss them every day, but I also miss my best friend Ralph.  Ralph and I were best friends for two years before cancer claimed his life.  While not quite the traditional romantic relationship, I believe if God had not called Ralph home we may have married.  I do not like to use the term boyfriend, but I felt almost like a widow when he died.  That still hurts but I am healing.

Abuse

People who are abused suffer all their lives from it.  Even the best therapies cannot completely heal the hurts from abuse.  Whether it is physical, emotional, or sexual there are still areas in one’s life where the hurts of abuse still affect them.  It is the reason I am so against pedophilia and child abuse.  We, as Christians, must make every effort to save our children.

I still suffer hurts from being molested as a young child.  It took me until I was 60 years old before I could admit it and then only to my sisters.  I now beginning to realize how much this hurts has affected my life.  I cannot even see a pedophile in action without bringing me back to that day when I was molested.  It has affected my relationships my romantic partners and how I look at intimacy.  Please if you have ever been abused in any way seek out someone you can trust.  Do not wait all your life feeling guilty.  God knows abuse is NOT your fault.  I pray often for healing of this hurts and that I can forgive.

Financial Loss

Sometimes financial loss is due to no fault of one’s doing but other times it is because of bad financial decisions.  Financial loss causes emotional hurts.  Whether you are a parent trying to provide for your family or a widow wondering if you should buy food or medicine with your small social security check, it still hurts.  Trusting God for your needs will help give you peace of mind for this type of hurts.

One’s Past

One’s past can cause hurts.  These types of hurts can be from all the before mentioned hurts or because of sin.  We all have mistakes or sins in our past which causes hurts.  But guess what?  God has a way to forgive us of our mistakes from our past.  God planned from the very beginning a way of salvation through His Son, Jesus.  You see, Jesus, God’s Son, took on the form of a human to die on the cross for our sins and mistakes.  Why did Jesus have to die?  Because God says if you sin you must die so Jesus died in our place.  We only must accept this free gift of salvation.  Yes, we will still have our hurts, but God will be with us to ease the hurts and often bring healing.  Will you accept this healing of the hurts God offers?

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Hurt People Hurt People: Hope and Healing for Yourself and Your Relationships By Dr. Sandra D. Wilson Do you know someone, perhaps even a Christian, who seems impossible to get along with? From the people in the pews to the members of our families, we are surrounded by people who hurt other people. And they do so, the author tells us, because of the seemingly inescapable pain in their own lives. In Hurt People Hurt People, Dr. Wilson brings her years as a professional counselor to bear on a difficult topic that affects many of us. Let her warmth and insight lead you toward a heart of compassion nd a ministry of healing for those who hurt others.