Friday, January 26, 2018

He Who Heals My Broken Heart



He heals the brokenhearted
    and bandages their wounds.
He counts the stars
    and calls them all by name.
How great is our Lord! His power is absolute!
    His understanding is beyond comprehension!

—Psalm 147:3-5 (NLT)


Gracious God,


You alone know and understand the brokenness in the depths of my heart—so to whom can I bring my broken heart for healing, but to You?


By Your absolute power and understanding, You count the stars of Your own creation and call each one by name—yet You choose to set Your compassionate love and affection on us.

You are intimately familiar with every wound I carry—every hurt, every pain, every injustice, every disappointment and worldly betrayal—and You know how the enemy has tried to scar my heart permanently with each one.

Only You are infinite in Your understanding and hold the mighty power to heal my heart—to bind up every wound left by the evil of this fallen world.

Even when I cannot understand myself—when I am at a loss to explain my own thoughts, words or actions—You understand me altogether perfectly and love me completely, in spite of my sin—and You desire to bring me back to wholeness again. 

How I need for You to remove from me any self-serving thoughts or motives, so You can become the center of all my desires—and so I might then begin to comprehend better who You are—and who You have made me to be in Christ.


You alone know and understand the brokenness in the depths of my heart—so to whom can I bring my broken heart for healing, but to You?


In the name of Jesus, Amen.

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