Healing a Broken Heart

I was utterly bewildered and overwhelmed when mental illness first manifested in my home. The Lord explained,

". . . You are hit in the very heart of your being by what is going on in your home at this time. A physical ailment would be far easier for you to deal with. You have brought some of it upon your own head, but there is much that is none of your doing and not your fault. . . . I did not wish this situation upon you, but because you trust Me, I can help you."

"I know that whatever I need, You will give it to me. . . . . By the way, what have you given to me?"

"Tremendous patience and endurance!"

It really did take tremendous patience and endurance to hold our family together! My situation didn't change much. But I did! There finally came a day when I told the Lord in amazement,

"It's been years since I've felt this good!!! I've got my peace back! I've got my joy back! I've even got my sense of humor back! How far I've come!"
But the Lord promptly corrected me.

"No! How far I've brought you!"

Years later I told the Lord, "I've never experienced a physical healing." But again He promptly set the record straight.

"I healed your broken heart. Is that any less of a healing?"

My old journals are full of things that Holy Spirit told me as I walked through the storm. In the natural, I didn't see how I could possibly hold our family together. But I knew that God was with me and that He finishes everything He starts. That was my anchor in the storm. It held fast! His Presence in my life continues to this day. Any Christian can have this kind of relationship with God. Please don't wait until your life is "nice and orderly" because that day is never gonna come. And please don't wait until your boat is sinking in the middle of a raging storm. In the good times, the bad times, and at all times . . . doing life with Holy Spirit is a marvelous way to live!