Letting God Heal Your Wounded Heart

A team of nurses and doctors cared for my dad’s failing body. I prayed day and night that the Lord would touch his body and heal him. But after thirty days in the hospital, he breathed his final breath.

Losing my dad brought a heartache I’d never known. The grief threatened to swallow me alive. When your heart seems to shatter in a million pieces, you wonder if it can ever be put back together.

Do you relate to this kind of wounding to your heart?

Wounded: Heal Your Heart

Afflictions can not only attack your physical body, but also your heart—grief, loss, despair and other heart-wounds. Both your outer body and inner self need care and lots of it.

Sure, you are responsible for part of this care like desiring a healthy body and guarding your heart from the wrong influences.

But the ultimate care-giver for your heart is not your spouse or best friend. It’s God himself. And it’s not reading a self-care book on healing your own heart or a religious or human meditation practice. It’s God himself.

The ultimate care-giver for your heart is not your spouse or best friend. It’s not reading a self-care book on healing your own heart or a religious or human meditation practice. It’s God himself. Share on X

God’s Heart Care

Who better to tenderly and lovingly watch over your heart, care for your heart, and heal your heart than the God who created you. Just as the Lord transforms your spiritual being from the inside out, He heals you from the inside out.

Because let’s face it, a wounded heart affects so many things about a person. Things like your countenance, outlook, relationships, peace and hope.

Inside-Out Healing: Heal Your Heart

So let’s look at each of these areas our troubled heart affects and the ways God brings inner healing.

Countenance. Maybe you’ve heard these sayings. The pain was written all over her face. His face said it all.

Our face often reflects our heart.

When your heart’s broken or sad, smiles never come easy. “A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.” Proverbs 15:13 (NIV)