God Heals broken hearted and Hurting Marriages

By: Shaila Touchton | April 12, 2017 "Jesus said, ‘This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.’" John 11:4. God gave marriage in the Garden of Eden as a beautiful gift to Adam and Eve. Not just to them, marriage was to be passed down to the whole family of man. Marriage should be the place of intimacy, safety and the flourishing of each person to their full potential. Malachi 2:15-16 says; "Has not the Lord made them one? In flesh and spirit they are his. And why one? Because he was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourself in your spirit, and do not break faith with the wife of your youth. 'I hate divorce,' says the Lord God of Israel." Broken people today are producing broken marriages which are producing a broken society. Divorce rates have been on the rise dramatically . Many different things can break our hearts, but only one thing can restore them again: the touch of the living God. The Bible says, “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds“ (Psalm 147:3). “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit“ (Psalm 34:18). No matter what God says, no matter how good it sounds, we just say, “The Lord has forsaken me, the Lord has forgotten me.“ At that point, we need to hear what God says in Isaiah 49. He says, “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?“ Not likely, is it? But sometimes it happens. However, says God, “Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See I have engraved you on the palms of my hands“ (v. 15—16). But the Lord says in the Bible, “I am God and not man——the Holy One among you“ (Hosea 11:9). “God is not a man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?“ (Numbers 23:19) People are infected with evil, but God is holy. People break promises, but God keeps his promises. So don’t get your picture of God from looking at the people around you. God is the one who says, “I live in a high and holy place but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite“ (Isaiah 57:15). He’s the One who is infinitely beyond you and yet closer than your own skin, the Lord of galaxies and of broken hearts, the One who is both strong and loving, the One who is unlike anybody you know and yet who became like you in Jesus and felt the sorrows you feel. This Lord Jesus comes to you now, with nailprints in his hands and resurrection glory in his face, and he promises to bind up the brokenhearted. God gives us promising possibilities, possibilities based on his promises and not on our immediate circumstances. This doesn’t mean we won’t have our share of sadness. We still have troubles, and we still cry, because we’re still living in a broken world. Jesus says, “In this world you will have trouble.“ He doesn’t say you might have trouble. He says, “You will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world“ (John 16:33 God promises to rescue his people and give a brighter future. After a time of grief, loss and devastation, God gives new energy and a fresh sense that life is worth living. And these renewals of hope are just a small taste of the great renewal to come. The Lord promises a grand future for his people, when every tear will be wiped away and all things will be made new. Jesus’ resurrection is the proof that nothing can stop God from keeping his promise. Even death itself can’t destroy the future God has in mind for his people. No matter how dark your situation, no matter how final it all seems, the God of resurrection comes to you with promising possibilities, with the gift of a hope that can’t be quenched. The Bible says, “Our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us“ (Romans 8:18). God’s gift of hope doesn’t always take away our sadness right away, but it does help us to see a brighter future. God’s love sets you free from the sin of self—righteousness and gives you the grace to admit your sins and to ask for forgiveness, knowing that God will accept you in Christ. God’s love also sets you free from the sin of self—protectiveness, of never daring to love too deeply or risk being hurt, and gives you the grace to let go of resentment and fear and dare to love again. What a healing takes place when God sets you free from guilt to enjoy his love again! And what a healing takes place when God sets you free from resentment and empowers you to love others and to experience their love! Restored relationships are God’s greatest gift of all, the gift of love. once God begins healing your broken heart, he also uses you to bring healing to others. It’s easy to feel sorry for yourself, to think only of your own pain, but once God begins to heal you, you look beyond yourself to the needs of others. They too need a sturdy story, and you can share your faith. They too need promising possibilities, and you can share your hope. They too need renewed relationships, and you can share the love that flows from God. Faith, hope, and love——this is God’s medicine for shattered spirits. This is the healing touch of the God of galaxies and broken hearts, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Category: Healing and Deliverance Tags: God Heals broken hearted and Hurting Marriages