“He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
I feel brokenhearted right now — since my dad passed away. My heart has been deeply wounded. It is healing. But it’s still very tender, and sometimes I have wondered if it will ever recover.
I found this promise today. Psalm 147:3 tells me that God will heal my broken heart. And until it is healed, He will bind it up. He’ll bandage it so that it holds together while it is healing. It’s not an immediate healing. It’s a process. But He’s in it from the beginning until the end.
Think of what a bandage does…
- Some of the pain is relieved just from wrapping a wound.
- It’s protected, because the bandage acts as a shield from further injury.
- It’s put in the proper position to allow for healing.
- It allows for the careful use of the part of the body that is wounded.
My heart is broken right now. Yet…
- I sense God’s tender wrapping relieving some of that pain.
- His bandage is protecting my heart from further damage when I get stuck in a flashback of dad’s difficult last days.
- I know He has set my heart in its proper place in order to begin healing.
- My heart will still be able to be moved and touched. I just have to be mindful of the state it’s in.
My heart will heal. It will have a scar to serve as a reminder of the wonderful dad I was blessed with. But it will heal!