Healing from pain is something that we all will go through
at some point in our life. Whether the
pain comes from something physical or emotional, we still must go through a process
for the healing to be done completely. This
often brings us to some of the most uncomfortable places and positions in our
lives because if you are like many, you want the process of healing to hurry up
so that you no longer are feeling the pain.
But for the pain to heal, it must go through a daily process while being
cared for and treated.
If you fall and break your arm, or receive an open wound, the
first thing that’s done is to examine the injury and see how serious the damage
is so that the proper treatment can be administered. You would not treat a broken bone injury the
same way you would treat an open wound injury. You would not treat an open wound
injury the same way you would treat the loss of a limb injury. Yet, these injuries
bring you pain. This is the same when it
comes to emotional pain in our lives. There are different things that take
place emotionally in our lives where the healing process and time is different
based on what caused the pain. Although
the cause of the emotional pains may be different, it still renders a hurtful
situation. That hurt could come from losing a loved one in death, the ending of
a relationship, or the betrayal in a relationship. Whatever the reasons, the
pain is there and you must first administer treatment to the wound daily and go
through a healing process.
The loss of a loved one in death brings a different type
of pain than a loss of a loved one who has walked out ending a marriage or
relationship/friendship. They both cause you to feel significant loss, bringing
some type of void/emptiness into your life and the pain can often feel
unbearable at times. However, you can
heal from both. Your healing journey and
time will be different. While one will never allow you to be able to see that
person naturally again, the other presents a possibility of being able to see
the individual again.
The pain from brokenness in a relationship due to
betrayal, infidelity, and more, requires a different type of treatment then the
one you have in dealing with the loss of a loved one. No, this does not devalue your pain and
brokenness, but because you’ve decided to stay in the relationship and work
through and rebuild it, thus, allowing your relationship to heal, it will still
require you to administer treatment to the wound daily and go through a healing
process.
The time it takes to heal is different for each person as
some heal faster than others. However, this doesn’t have any bearing on how
painful one’s hurt is compared to another’s.
I often hear people ask or say to individuals, “Why is it taking so long
for you to get over the hurt?” or “It must not have hurt that badly since you
are able to move on so quickly.” The
only response I can give is, each hurt and each person’s healing process is
different. A deep wound that requires
stitches may require more treatment and healing time than a wound that only
needs some peroxide and a bandage. The
loss of a loved one due to death can cause an emptiness and hurt because of a
void, where the loss of a loved one from an ended marriage or betrayal, may not
only cause a void but causes pain and brokenness and leaves one scarred.
Your hurt and healing time is different from someone
else’s, so never compare the two.
However, what must be done in any situation where hurt has taken place
is to treat the wound and allow the healing to be completed. If you keep picking a wound that’s trying to
heal, you may not only cause it to become infected but you are also prolonging
the healing process. It’s the same with emotional hurt. When we try to fix it
ourselves or rush the process, we can cause more damage and even allow the
enemy to come in and infect the situation.
But there is a doctor that can fill that void,
heal your wounds and hurts, and restore you from your brokenness. But only if
you seek the treatment and allow Him to act. He is the “Great Physician,” “Jehovah
Rapha, God your Healer,” … His name is Jesus!
He heals the brokenhearted and binds
up their wounds. (Psalms 147:3 ESV)
Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be
healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. (Jeremiah 17:14 ESV)
No matter what type of hurt you are experiencing, if you submit
yourselves, cry out, seek and surrender that pain to Christ, He shall comfort
and heal you. Jesus can fill that void, restore
you, as well as that broken relationship.
But, we must be willing to allow Him to.
There is no hurt that Christ is not aware of and, although it may seem
like no one understands or can imagine the pain you feel, Christ does. He has
already taken the pain upon himself.
But he was pierced for our
transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the
chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5 ESV)
Turn it over to Jesus, get in His presence and Word for
daily treatment, and allow Him to heal you completely today.
Come to me, all who labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
(Matthew 11:28 ESV)
Be Encouraged!
Evangelist Steele
© Copyright 2016 Just A Diva Encouraging Ministries, All rights reserved
Evangelist Steele
© Copyright 2016 Just A Diva Encouraging Ministries, All rights reserved