The Healer of Broken Hearts

In our day-to-day lives, we meet different people who affect us in

different ways. Some say and do things that break our hearts and cause us

tears. Some of the people who hurt our feelings are those closest to usour

friends, schoolmates, and even our parents. There are other things that

break our heartsbroken relationships, sickness and disease, and the loss

of loved ones. When these things happen, we might feel all alone in our

sadness, like nobody cares. Sometimes, we get in our beds and cry ourselves

to sleep. We ask the Lord many questions, and we wonder why God allowed

such things to happen to us. But, in times of pain and heartache, the Lord

knows and feels our pain. As we see in John 11, Mary was very sad because

of the loss of her brother, and when Jesus saw her crying, He was deeply

moved in spirit and troubled (verse 33). He felt her pain. And when He was

shown where Lazarus had been buried, Jesus wept. Jesus felt for Mary as she

grieved this loss. However, Jesus did not stop at crying. He healed Mary’s

pain by calling Lazarus from the grave. When we are hurt and our hearts are

broken, it can seem like no one understands our pain. When we see others

around us laughing and happy, we might not see any reason to be happy

ourselves. In such times, let us remember that our Lord understands our

feelings, and He is ready to heal our pain. So, when our hearts are broken

and we are in tears, let us run quickly to Jesus, and He will help us.

Enid Adah Nyinomujuni What kinds of things have left you broken-hearted?

Jesus invites us to tell Him about what we experience (even though He

already knows) and pour out all our messy questions. As we come to Him, He

brings healing to our hurts. And, if we’ve put our trust in Jesus, we can

look forward to the day He will return and raise us from the dead, and all

our pain will be forever healed. As Christians, God calls us to empathize

with other’s pain and mourn with those who mourn (Romans 12:15; 1

Corinthians 12:26). Have you ever experienced someone doing this for you?

How could you do this for others? When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews

who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and

troubled…Jesus wept. John 11:33, 35 (NIV)

Read Verses:

Psalm 56:8; John 11:32-John 11:44; Psalm 30:5