Broken

Broken:  adjective, damaged or made weak (Webster's)

Brokenhearted:  adjective, overcome by grief or despair (Webster's)

What do you do when you feel... broken....brokenhearted.  It's a tough place to be.  You feel damaged and overwhelmed, with no seeming solution to pull you out.  The harder you fight the deeper you sink.  The tougher you try to get the harder you fall, and nothing seems to help.  There seems to be no answers, and the solution seems no where in sight.

Who do you turn to?  what do you do?  Does anyone really care?  Will anyone listen, I mean really listen...  Is anyone out there?

Brokenhearted.

A wall goes up, no one gets in.

Broken.

Can't think straight.  Can't focus.

and then.....

^18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Ps 34:18., NIV)

Brokenhearted AND crushed, that is a tough place to be, no lets be honest it's a horrible place to be.

Even though we don't feel it, the LORD is close.  He is right there.  His arms are wrapped around us.  He is whispering "I love you" in your ear.  He wants you to know it will be ok.  He wants you to know even when it seems no one (and I mean no one) else is there.... HE IS.

^3 He heals the brokenhearted

and binds up their wounds.  (Ps 147:3., NIV)

Even better news:  He will heal.

Our question:  How long will it take to heal?  That my friend is a very good question.

The answer:  Depends on how deep the wound is, and how you take care of it.  Also consider this when you re-injure the same wound it takes longer to heal.

So how do we take care of it?  Go back to the basics.  Work on your relationship with God.  He ultimately is the ONLY one who can put back together a person that is broken, He is the only one who can put back together a heart that has been broken.  To work on your relationship is the most important thing.  Spend time getting to know Him all over again.  Read His love letter to you (the Bible), spend time in conversation with Him (prayer), focus on Him (worship), and have fun with Him (Fellowship).

Figure out what caused the wound.  Figure out what caused you to be broken.  Learn from it.

For the broken and the brokenhearted, God will clean and take care of the wound so be patient through the pain.

Chris