A disappointment reminds us what we hoped would happen, didn’t. We wanted health; we got disease. Divorce instead of family. Dismissal instead of promotion.
Now what? We could do what Miss Haversham did. Remember her in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations? She closed all the blinds, stopped every clock, left the wedding cake on the table, and continued to wear her wedding dress until it hung in yellow decay around her. Her wounded heart consumed her life.
Jesus is our healer! He touched the eyes of the blind man. He touched the disease of the leper; the searching heart of Nicodemus; the broken heart of Mary Magdalene. And He will tend to you if you will let Him.
Psalm 147:3 says, God “heals the brokenhearted.” Have you taken your disappointments to Him? You’ve shared them with your relatives, your friends. But have you taken them to God? Go to Him!
from Traveling Light
Now what? We could do what Miss Haversham did. Remember her in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations? She closed all the blinds, stopped every clock, left the wedding cake on the table, and continued to wear her wedding dress until it hung in yellow decay around her. Her wounded heart consumed her life.
Jesus is our healer! He touched the eyes of the blind man. He touched the disease of the leper; the searching heart of Nicodemus; the broken heart of Mary Magdalene. And He will tend to you if you will let Him.
Psalm 147:3 says, God “heals the brokenhearted.” Have you taken your disappointments to Him? You’ve shared them with your relatives, your friends. But have you taken them to God? Go to Him!
from Traveling Light
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