Most of us are very good at suppressing things in order to keep from facing fears, dealing with issues of life that are hurtful ~ just hoping things will get better on their own.  It seems so natural to do sometimes.  There have been times that I have suppressed things so long that I didn’t even realize sometimes that’s what I was doing.   We often go through life carrying so much pain on the inside of us that people do not know about.  I heard a friend say once that someone asked her how she was doing and she said “fine” and turned to walk away and called herself a liar.  I have done that many times because saying “I am doing fine” or “good” is so much easier than being real with someone.  Because of things I was going through in my life, I found it very difficult to be transparent with people.  Honestly, I had trust issues because the one I trusted the most betrayed me.  I later had “friends” betray me and that created more difficulty in trusting others ~ even the very people who God put in my life that was 100% trustworthy.

Everyone has different circumstances in life that we go through that causes different levels of hurt and pain ~ some physical, some emotionally, etc.  When I was going through the worse storm of my entire life, there were moments that I didn’t know where my next breath was going to come from.  There were days that I poured my heart out to God, spent time in His Word, and was encouraged in the Lord; but there were other days that I didn’t want to live.  My life was a disaster and I was trying to hold my family together and protect my children and try to be strong for them.  Every time I had the thought that it would be so much easier just to take myself out of this life, the faces of my children would flash before me and I would tell myself that “I can’t do that!”  It was not long that God delivered me from that tormenting spirit and I never had those thoughts again.  Your pain may be different but none the less, the same Jesus that delivered me and healed my hurts – deep wounds – broken heart, is the same Jesus that is well able to heal you.

Isaiah 53: 5 in the Amplified Bible tells us “But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.”

I was reading that scripture one day and had a revelation of “He was bruised.” What is a bruise?  The dictionary (dictionary.com) defines a bruise as “an injury transmitted through unbroken skin to underlying tissue causing rupture of small blood vessels and escape of blood into the tissue with resulting discoloration.”  The dictionary also defines a bruise as “to injure or hurt slightly, as with an insult or unkind remark.”  That tells me that a bruise is not only a physical wound, but an emotional wound.  The Holy Spirit illuminated that to me and I got a real revelation that the stripes of Jesus that makes us healed is not only for physically healing.   I like the Amplified Bible ~ it is my favorite translation of the Bible.  I like the end of this scripture how it says “healed and made whole.” To be made whole means nothing missing, nothing lacking, nothing broken!   Jesus Christ paid an awesome price for you and I.

I want to encourage you that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING that you face in life is too big for God.  I heard a former pastor’s son preach a message a few years ago on “God is bigger than that!”  I am constantly reminded of that when I think I’m up against a situation that seems too big for me.  You may be in the worse storm of your life, but God is a Faithful Father and He promises to never leave you or forsake you.  God can take the broken pieces of  your life and put them back together as He did mine.  When you think your heart has been shattered into millions of pieces and is beyond repair, think of Jesus and the price He paid for you.   The price has already been paid for you to walk in healing….freedom….WHOLENESS!!  Embrace the FINISHED work of the Cross!