The Broken Heart – Part 3

The Broken Heart – Part 3
Matters of the Heart Series

As discussed in the previous two blogs, all of us have experienced some sort of failure and/or heartache. We have all known the pain of a broken heart. What do we do with the shattered pieces of a broken heart?

Our heavenly Father wants us to completely trust Him with whatever comes our way. (Tweet this!) God wants to move you from a natural comfort to a supernatural comfort. He wants us to throw ourselves and our heartache on Him for comfort. His desire is for us to hand him those shattered pieces, trusting Him to work all things for good to those who love Him, and are called according to His purpose (Romans 8:28).

The problem is when our emotions are raw and screaming at us for relief, those emotions much of the time are stronger in our lives than God’s Truth (Tweet this!) , and we forget who we are.

When we make a mess of things, we get down on ourselves. Self-condemnation sets in and spills over as a judgmental and critical spirit toward others. We become depressed and throw a pity party for ourselves. We are called to reach out in love to others around us, but loving and affirming others is difficult when we are out of the flow of God’s love and acceptance of us. God wants to turn around for his glory what He has allowed in your life. He wants you to love freely. He wants you to reach out to others. He wants you to encourage others.

The Hebrew word for brokenness is the word shabar. It carries with it the concept of new birth. When we are broken, if we give it to God, He is birthing something within us. That’s good news!

Failures can be successes if they bring us to what He has for us. (Tweet this!)

Ph. 3:13b-14  “…forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us.” (Amp)

Which is stronger in your life … your emotions or God’s Truth? What do you need to do to strengthen your trust in what God is doing in your life? What is God birthing in your life? Remember, it is at the point of our brokenness we can find the destiny God has for us.

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